We have a guest today I know you will enjoy – award winning author Nancy Kimball. I met Nancy on my writing journey and I'm glad I did. She's a talented writer and a wonderful person. And somehow, she manages to juggle a skyrocketing writing career with her day job. Hmm. Maybe we need to drag Nancy back sometime to talk about time management and career planning (...as if she doesn't have enough to do). Here's Nancy... ~~~~~ Melissa, thanks for inviting me to talk about pacing, one of my favorite fiction craft principles. Pacing is one of those subtle elements of fiction the reader never quite notices, even when he or she is being completely controlled by it. So what exactly is it? Pacing is the speed at which your reader travels through your story. Notice I did not say the speed at which your reader reads , but the speed at which your reader travels through your story. This is controlled by the author and is very important because bad pacing will ruin the reader experi...