Megan DiMaria

Want to be a writer? Are you thinking about it? And thinking about it? START NOW. If you don't know how to start, get a how-to book out...

Conference season is upon us. Are you going to a writers conference this year? Conferences can be a great boost to your writing career....

Participating in a critique group can be one of the best things you can do to help move forward in your writing skills. A crit group will...

Want to be a writer? Are you thinking about it? And thinking? START NOW. If you don't know how to start, get a how-to book out of the...

Sometimes it good to remember stuff we've already been taught. Elementary, yes—but it's good to ponder the basics of novel writing. One:...

You've heard the quote, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." It's from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The saying implies...

Participating in a critique group can be one of the best things you can do to help move forward in your writing skills. A crit group will...

Want to be a writer? Are you thinking about it? And thinking? START NOW. If you don't know how to start, get a how-to book out of the...

Are you going to a writers conference this year? I hope so. Next week, I'm going to the ACFW conference in Nashville. Can't wait!...

Welcome! We have been discussing the writer's journey. I likened it to climbing up the side of a Colorado mountain. In my case, I had...

Two weeks ago, we started discussing the writer's journey. I likened it to climbing up the side of a Colorado mountain. In my case, I had...

A few years ago I had the pleasure of climbing up the side of a beautiful Colorado mountain. I was as prepared as possible—the right...

One of my prayers has always been that my life would be an act of worship to my God. When I was a stay-at-home mom, I viewed keeping my...

So you want to be a writer? Then write! Too many people want to write, talk about writing, and dream of writing. I was in writers' groups...

​Remember when the dream of writing a novel first bloomed? How exciting that was, right? And then time wore on, and your writing career...

Have you ever just wanted to give up? Or perhaps you haven't even started yet. When we have a BIG dream the trouble is, well, that it's...

After revising my completed manuscript (which was a big job), I’m excited to switch gears and head back into writing mode. I’m one...

Scene. Symbolism. Dramatic irony. Allusion. And the list goes on. There are several literary techniques that improve your writing. Do you...

See that tree? I came upon it on a hike in the White Mountains of New Hampshire last fall. To me, that tree is the definition of...

Are you afraid of failure? To be honest, sometimes I have been. But, I've discovered how to ignore those dark, nagging voices that say...