I had never heard the term "book writing coach" until I became one. What does a book writing coach do, and how might one benefit you?

Ever want a writing prompt but not one written for a 12-year-old working on a Halloween story? This writing prompt generator is the only one you'll ever need to jog you out of a stuck place.

Revising is necessary, but not a hundred times. In this episode, Mary talks about how to nail a solid first draft so that revising isn't a nightmare.

Ever heard of these writing devices? If not, don't worry—you'll learn in this episode.

In this episode, Mary navigates the murky world of balancing fact and fiction when your fiction is set in a world like our own.

The trick to writing believable dialogue is to remember a key thing about humans: we're bad at it.

All the questions answered during Season 1 in one quick-to-digest episode!

If you have to have a protagonist, you must need an antagonist, right? No. What you do need is more interesting.

All stories have a history. How much of that history you share with the reader, and where you bring it in, can determine whether that reader sticks with your book or not. In this episode, we discuss a rule of thumb for incorporating backstory into your novel or memoir.