Series of "how to" coach flag football books self-published on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Winning Flag Football series

Conflict is the fuel that keeps the engine of your story running. When we say “conflict,” we are not talking about plot, or rising and falling action, or any part of the story’s structure. Instead, conflict is struggle within a scene. 

Writing Your Way Into Conflict

As writers, we like to think we’re in complete control of our characters. It can be tempting to think that, because your name is in the byline, clearly, this story is yours. But what if the story really belongs to the characters?

Why Giving Characters Control of Your Story is Good For Your Narrative

Stripping out needless chatter is one of the best ways to strengthen your dialogue.

5 Editing Tips to Revise and Strengthen Your Dialogue

Rejection is part of the traditional publishing business, but it doesn't have to be a soul-crushing experience for you! Read about how spin rejection into a positive to take the sting out of the process, submit more frequently, and advance your goal.

How to Face Rejection and Know Your Limits

Writer’s block is the manifestation of fear that prevents you from creating art. But the secret, empowering truth is that you have control over your writer’s block, not the other way around.


4 Fundamental Tools for Beating Writer’s Block

Read about the role of AI and why human writers should not fear the technology replacing fiction writers.

AI and You: Emerging Technology and What It Means for Writers

Since 2018, I have published reviews of select hobby board games as well articlea on board game design. Non-fiction

Arthur Franz IV

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