Meep Meep! (On Using a Stop Word)
The other day, my very puzzled beta reader asked me, “What’s a meep?” I laughed, and then had to apologize: my poor beta reader had scoured the internet for a “meep” before coming to me to …
Category: Writing Tip
Awesome Adverbs!
You don’t hear that phrase every day, do you? Adverbs are some of the words most-hated by the writing community, and rightfully so, with blasphemous creatures like approximately and suddenly running rampant through our proverbial streets. But at the …
Better than 11%: Fight Whitewashing with Your Words
I started this year afraid for people whom I hold dear: women, gay people, disabled people, bisexuals, transgender men and women, non-Christians, people of beautiful color and incredible bravery…. And yet, as a writer, as …
My 2017 To-Do List
I’m one of these people that needs lists if I’m ever going to get anywhere. Sometimes, I get so scrambled when I think about all the things I need to do, that I get overwhelmed. Then I go …