The Roses of Prose

I'm at that most wonderful/horrible point in the writing process--plotting and planning the first book in a new series. Possibilities ab...

I realized gardening can be compared to writing when I started my end of summer clean-up this week. Clipping the old stalks, moving plant...

Sound the trumpets! Ring the bells! I finally finished the first draft of the first three chapters (approximately 16%) of my new book. I...

I work on this series once a year, usually at the first of the year. These are characters who have been with me for 6 books now, and I feel ...

We're all familiar with the dreaded "sagging middle", that bed of quicksand that's sucked the life from many a hardworking...

Hello, it’s Donna Michaels blogging from the high seas!  I’m currently cruising the Caribbean. I know. Woot! Something I've w...

For a limited time, my book on plotting is FREE through Amazon Kindle: FIND THE MAGIC – How to Plot a Story in 10 Easy Steps    Fri...

from The Writer's Circle I saw the above on Facebook and could I ever identify with it. I’m a pantser. My stories always start ...

Plotting and Politics? Oh no, by Barbara Edwards Lexington-Concord April 19th Memorial The first of the presidential hopefuls was...

I’m a plotter. I like an outline of where I’m headed. I need a calendar of events. This holds true in my writing as well…most of the time. ...