One of the valuable benefits of being a WAG member is the feedback we writers get from our critique pod members. The COVID-19 stay-at-home order seemed to put the kibosh on that until WAG member Ronnie Lovler suggested to members of the POW pod that they try meeting online using … Read More
Part 3 – Publishing Your Own Memoir In my past two posts, I blogged about (1) the reasons you may want to write your own memoir, as well as (2) how I asked the Navy to help me with my personal research. I also provided some simple tips and outlines to help you … Read More
Part 1 – It’s Really Easy, and… What a Legacy Several years ago, I wrote and self-published a book about my four years in the Navy. It initially started out as a simple memoir. But over time, it morphed into a full-size book. I did not write the book to … Read More
Some years ago, I took an online mystery-writing class. The one helpful takeaway for me was what I’ll call the Wheel of Tension, which moves the plot along. This is not limited to mystery writing; it works for all fiction and non-fiction. The Wheel of Tension is this: A situation … Read More