Follow your dreams, even if they terrify you.
Pacing: Speeding Up & Slowing Down
The pace is the speed at which the story unfolds, how quickly or slowly the events take place within the narrative. Proper pacing is essential if you want to hook a reader into turning the page long into the night or if you want to develop your character’s depth enough for the reader to have…
Accepting What I am
(There will be a preview of my new novel, The House That Wasn’t There, at the end. If you’re just here for that, skip to the bottom.) When we are young, we’re filled with dreams and ambitions of what we will achieve in our lives. Some of us want to climb Mt. Everest, while others…
To Be or Not to Be a Christian Writer
In recent posts I’ve written about my faith as a Christian (here and here). I’ve also written about my passion for writing. Outside of family, those are my greatest passions, loves, and reasons for being. It occurred to me recently that some of you might be wondering why I haven’t blended the two. In other…
Stephen Michael Roth 