By Todd Allen,@ToddAllenAuthor   If you ever see me at a writing conference you’ll probably notice a brown writing journal clutched in my hand. If I don’t write down the jewels of wisdom I hear during these talks I’ll never remember them. Often I go back and read my notes…

By Todd Allen, @ToddAllenAuthor One unfair stereotype which plagues writers is how we hear voices in our heads (like there’s something wrong with that?). What most non-writers fail to understand is when writers focus on their characters’ thoughts, actions, and feelings inspiration sometimes manifests as words and phrases in our minds.…

By Todd Allen, @ToddAllenAuthor Writing to me is like learning to hit a golf ball. I’m constantly trying to follow rules from professionals. Their lessons storm through my head like wild bison when I line up for a tee shot, and I usually launch that little white ball into the…