Directory

     For the sake of ease, here's a compendium of all my blog posts to date, organized by subject and in alphabetical order.  If you're looking for something specific, press ctrl+F (if you're on Windows) and type it into the window that pops up.  Hopefully you'll find what you're looking for--but if not, feel free to drop me a line, and I'll see what I can do about it!

Blogging:

3 Things To Help You On Your Blogging Journey
4 Things I've Learned While Blogging


Character Development:  

Dual-Household Children
Idiosyncrasies
Dynamic vs. Static Protagonists
Two Ways To Add Drama To Your Novel
The Coates Curriculum for Creating Characters (And Five Other Ways to do it, Too)
Your Protagonist Should Be Popping Pills

Critiques:

On Repo! The Genetic Opera:  Why "Genetic Emancipation" Falls Flat; A Critique of the Cure Narrative

Discussion:

Are Your Characters Your Children?
#SueQuest:  Questioning the Validity of Mary Sue
To Swear or Not To Swear

Editing:

5 Reasons Your Story Isn't Working

Fixing Talking Head Syndrome

Fanfiction:

In Defense of ReaderX
The Importance of Fanfiction

For New Writers:

Am I Allowed To Write?
Salutations!

Inspiration and Such:

A Few Methods For Stirring Up Story Ideas

My Series on Tourette's Syndrome:

A List of Things People Will Say To You When You Have Tourette's
Children Will Listen
How To Write Tourette's Part One:  Neurology
How To Write Tourette's Part Two:  Character Basics
Shout-Out To The Kids Who Tic

Misc:  

4 Things I Learned Digitalizing My Notebooks
5 Things I Learned Writing/Editing/Re-Reading My First-Ever "Novel"
6 Things I Learned Editing My Second Novel
A Few Notes on Details
Avoiding Writer's Burnout
Cup-Stacking
Specificity In Writing
What Work Can Do For Your Writing
Vulnerability In Art

NaNoWriMo:

4 Lies You Tell Yourself During NaNoWriMo
7 Things To Consider When Contemplating Your First NaNoWriMo
A Few Ways To Elevate Wordcount
Cheating Your Way To A NaNo Win, Part 2
How To Cheat Your Way To A NaNoWriMo Win
How To Win NaNoWriMo in 15 Days
Things Not To Do During Camp NaNoWriMo

Original:

Bildungsroman:  A College Entrance Essay
Essay:  The Allen Lee Affair:  A Question of Justice
Essay:  When Nervous Blood Has Been Undone
Maggie C's College-Living Culinary Inventions
Poem:  Blame
Poem:  The Problem With Friendship
Poem:  Tracing The Curve
Short Story:  One Wish Left
On A Quest For Critique Partners:  The Casual Ties of War
On A Quest For Critique Partners:  The Casual Ties of War and After The End
Upcoming Projects
"Love Is What You Make It" Is Live!
Bloody, Bold, Irresolute:  Late, But Live!
The Rajaqweet:  Up and Kicking!

Pet Peeves:

Scythe vs. Sickle

Podcasting:

More Podcasting Tips
Podcast Starter Pack
Podcast Tips
Things I Learned Making My First Two Podcasts

Socially Conscious Writing:  

Maggie C's 7 Commandments For Writing Diversity
Writing Marginalized Characters:  A Ramble

Spelling And Grammar:

3 Common Near-Homophone Mix-ups
4 Conventions to Use Sparingly

Story Structure and Infrastructure:

4 Basic (Novel/Short Story) Formatting Tips
4 More Basic Formatting Tips
A Writer's Vocabulary:  A Balancing Act
Chapter Titles:  Part One, Numbering
Chapter Titles:  Part Two, Naming
On Picking A Title
Some Quick Tips For Writing Scripts
The Broad Strokes of Formatting

Trope Spices:

Parental Favoritism, Part 1
Parental Favoritism, Part 2
Parental Favoritism, Part 3

World-Building:

Coming Back From The Dead
Holiday Building and a Bulk of Holiday History 

Writing Games:

Seven Minutes in (Writing) Heaven
Word Count Hangman

Writer's Resources:

Family Echo (Digital Family Tree Maker)