KELLY J MASSEY

The most fundamental part of writing is the ability of introspection. This can be a writer's best friend or worst enemy depending on their life's circumstanc...

Now that one quarter of the year is firmly under our belt and I've been searching for a new publisher for two of those three months, I thought I'd write an u...

I've been a part of several writers' support groups online. They are easy enough to leave or ignore if the environment is hostile or critical without being h...

I joined one of those sprint writing groups a few weeks back. I avoided them for a long time thinking that my writing time was just fine. I'd set aside a cou...

Here in southwest Montana, it isn't the easiest notion to find other writers of the same genre as me. And when I do... well, let's say a difference of opinio...

I found it difficult to write over the holiday break. Everyone was home, there were holiday things to do, and even though I would carve out small chunks of t...

An important part in our craft of science fiction, science fantasy, and fantasy genres is world building. We are quite obviously writing in either a differen...

It seems when writers start out they feel as though they must write the perfect sentence, followed by another perfect sentence, that in turn will lead to a v...

All right, so last blog post I wrote on whether you should be a pantser or a plotter. What was the verdict? I'm a total panster-I write by the seat of my pan...

This is a question that will come up often for new authors in writer's circles. They need to feel that the way their story is coming together is the right wa...

Time management is crucial for any writer's career. In order to develop our stories and our author platforms we need to make time to concentrate on our creat...

I will admit it, the title sounds more dire than the actual content of the post. The Minor Character I'm referencing was written into the first draft of my f...

Wow. It's been almost a full month since I've blogged! I must apologize. In the spare few minutes I've had for writing I've devoted the time to working on re...

If your reader or editor says there is a Mary Sue character in your writing it isn't a good attribute. So what is a Mary Sue character, you might ask? Oddly ...

I've been introduced to the Hemingway App this week and it is fantastic. (Thank you Twitter for broadening my horizons.) It has also made me acutely aware of...

It seems that once a novel is completed people outside of the author automatically expect a publication date. A date a few weeks from completion wherein they...