On Writing Sex as a Christian

When I was sixteen, I stopped reading a story for a writing class because of the word "hardon." I got in trouble for it later w...

W. T. Meadows on Developing a Readership

Author W. T. Meadows, a dear friend from college, was kind enough to answer my questions about how he developed a readership for his work. T...

Triggered Readers

This story is abusive. This story is transphobic. This story is racist. These are all accusations I've seen leveled at writers....

Great Stories

A great story doesn't have to be widely beloved. What makes it great is that it resonates profoundly with certain individuals, not ...

Character Conflict: The Subjectivity of Goodness

A pet peeve of mine is when all of the nice characters approve of each other, when they all have a similar set of values and understandin...

Toy Bingo

Real Life Spotlight: "Rapture" by Fauster Kent

Real Life Spotlight is where I recommend works by friends and family in my real life. These are not guaranteed to be works in the same genr...

Don't Assume

I do not accept, and will never accept, that writers or readers of a problematic, troubling, or controversial work are automatically terr...

Questionable Material

Writers are not responsible for morally condemning the immoral actions of their characters. I’ve seen writers who think that they need ...

Books We Love To Hate

It is good when a book promotes critical thinking (and that includes books that you think handled a topic wrong ) because it opens up di...

Writing Texting

When my characters text in stories, everything is always spelled out with punctuation. I realize it’s not how a lot of people actually ...