by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Marketing and Promotion, Platform Building
Blogging is hard! I’ve read it a thousand times and I know that consistency is key. But with family, kids, after-school activities, freelance writing gigs, trying to find more freelance gigs, and actual time to write the things I want to write, who has time!?... 
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Creativity, The Writing Process, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield (Black Irish Books, 2012). Resistance is the name that best-selling author Steven Pressfield gives to writer’s block and those things, both internal and... 
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Character Development, Characterization, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: Getting Into Character: 7 Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins. [This is Part 2. Click here for Part 1.] Kurt Vonnegut has some great, snappy sayings about writing. Here’s one of my favorites: “Every character should want something,... 
by Michael Mahin | Blog, Book Reviews, Characterization, Writers on Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips
REVIEW: Getting Into Character: Seven Secrets a Novelist Can Learn from Actors by Brandilyn Collins (Wiley 2002). If you’re like me, character is tough. Sure, I can get a character sketch together, but it’s hard turning that sketch into a living breathing...
