Writing Advice

Writing dialogue in historical middle grade fiction

How do you write authentic and accessible dialogue for middle grade readers when your story is a piece of historical fiction?   

Writing for children and the child within

Here’s a piece I wrote for Write On! - Pen to Print’s magazine - about how to connect to the child within when writing stories.

The feel of fiction

What exactly is tone? And how do we know, as writers, whether we're getting it right? And as for mood, what do we want our readers to feel when reading a certain chapter or scene? Read my article all about making your readers feel.

WRITING YOUR WAY INTO A STORY

Finding what's at the heart of the story you're working on isn't always straightforward. In this article, I look at the process of developing the nugget of an idea into something bigger.