Erin Leigh Weatherhogg

It's a great platform, and more than likely remains so--I just can't tell for sure right now.

The Gothic-inspired masterpiece is one of the most famous and recognisable in the land.

The villa was commissioned during the High Renaissance in the 16th century and stands in Maser, Veneto, Italy.

Pet project of King Francis I in the 16th century, Chambord is an artistic, architectural and mathematical masterpiece.

The voices in my head are in a constant battle for dominance, and somehow the obnoxious one always seems to win.

Yesterday we covered three of the six--here are their companions to round out your worldbuilding toolkit.

So you have your characters and your story and your world all figured out and you've built your family trees... but what about some of the m

Keep track of your long list of characters and their familial alliances and rivalries with FamilyGTG.

One of these three worldbuilding apps should be an essential part of any fantasy/sci-fi writer's toolkit.

A little stuck on the blogging front.

An author's characters are like their children. We love them even when they're misbehaving; this includes the ones who routinely misbehave.

These are three things that might immediately leap to mind when you hear someone lives with MDD--but for the love of God, don't say them.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Seasonal Affective Disorder are two conditions with similar abbreviations, but very different symptoms.

I came up with three methods, that, while they might not always be a magical solution, can certainly get the creative juices flowing again.

That's PMDD. Getting your period can feel like getting the flu--or at least mean a comparable level of feeling crappy. Every. Month.

PMS can vary from woman to woman, month to month. A disorder is diagnosed when symptoms are super-severe every month.

Independent publishing used to be an expensive and time-consuming process. Not anymore.

MDD is one of the most debilitating conditions in the world, with severe depression rated in the same disability category as terminal cancer

Imposter Syndrome is that feeling many of us have that we're not really qualified to do what we do, and we don't deserve the success.

What I do want to say is that in real life mental illness is way different than you may be picturing it. It is often invisible.

Have you always dreamed of being an author or novelist, but don't know where to start?