Margie Lawson

Does your real or imaginary writing checklist include: Make Character Descriptions Fresh, Unpredictable, Multi-Powerful?

If not, it could.

Character descriptions can add power on multiple levels. You can treat the reader to something fresh, something they haven’t read before.… Read the post

Kennedy Ryan

I don’t garden. Not even a little bit. My thumbs are so black they are charred, but even I know weeds in a garden cannot be tolerated. This principle, this image of an overrun garden guides me as I think about my life.… Read the post

Kennedy Ryan

I have always considered myself a pretty confident person. My parents instilled several things in me early on:

• Impossible is just the beginning.
• Consider it negotiable.
• You can partner with people for success, but never allow them to hold your success hostage, or expect them to make you successful.