Improve Your Writing Life

Writers need love and support. They need how-tos and tips and opportunities to deepen their craft. They need information, resources, and encouragement to get from ‘idea’ to ‘The End.’

That’s what A Writer’s Roadmap is all about.


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  • Setting as Character in Fiction

    Setting as Character in Fiction

    I am messing around with the opening of my current novel (I have 8,000 words or so, but I wouldn’t call any of them useable yet, haha!). Wish I could tell you what the novel’s about, assuming you’re curious! Not just for fun, but because it’s good practice to write or speak what you’re working…


  • When the Going Gets Weird…

    When the Going Gets Weird…

    …The Weird Get Going How’s your writing project going? Do you have one? It’s been a weird time for me lately, what with my mom being diagnosed with dementia (that explains a few things!), my income gradually crawling up from its summer dip in the cold lake of WTF, and a stream of daily small complications…


  • 3 Steps in Any Writing Project

    3 Steps in Any Writing Project

    A theory, with a case study (n=1) Here’s a silly situation! I started A Writer’s Roadmap (AWR) in 2019 as a subtitle for what I pictured as a few nonfiction e-books in the how-to genre, specifically how to write and publish a book.  I obtained the URL and made a website for it with no real…