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My online workshop on SHORT STORIES starts on April 3rd. This workshop grew out of a couple pieces I wrote for Writers’ Digest. Short stories seem like an easy thing to write but so many go off the rails because they don’t have the right foundations. So if you want […]
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I’m this week’s guest on the Way-Word Writers Podcast. EPISODE 55: Writing Thrillers with Author Simon Wood. Listen/watch here.


My QUERY LETTERS, SYNOPSIS WRITING AND PITCHING workshop starts August 5th. The call for this workshop came at the suggestion of one of my previous workshop students. The workshop would explore the following: Crafting a query letter directed at agents and publishers and how to perform a coordinated agent/publisher search. […]

Shepherd.com got in touch to interview me about my writing style and other writers’ books that fell into that. What’s my style? I’m all about those Out-Of-Their-Depth Heroes. Enjoy!