Should you set your book in a generalized or specific time period?
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Author: Nicole Dieker
On Real-World Worldbuilding: SETTING
Should you choose a setting that actually exists, or make one up?
Worldbuilding Is About Making Choices (and Understanding What Those Choices Mean)
Just because you’re setting your book in “the real world” doesn’t mean you get to skip the worldbuilding process.
On Becoming
The lives we live shape the stories we tell — and vice versa.
When Life Gets in the Way
What do you choose when your choices are limited?
Your Choices Limit Your Choices (and That’s a Good Thing)
I already have responsibilities that take up this particular chunk of time, so I cannot give that time to anything else.
How I Made the Time to Write This Daily Post
How do you fit in another 1,200-word blog post, Monday through Friday?
THE LIFE Takes Work
Making choices about THE LIFE you want takes work, and it’s really easy to find yourself in the life you have instead.
THE WORK and THE LIFE Are Two Separate Things
Don’t let your desire to buy plants convince you that you need to write a successful young-adult series.