Finding time to write can be THE most difficult part of the whole writing process. You have an idea, you’ve plotted it out in your head, and you just need…
I’m in an incredible critique group, one full of fun people who take their writing seriously. A few months ago I floated the idea of us holding our own Writers’…
A few years ago, I left a writing conference feeling pretty good about things. I’d had a manuscript critique that went very well and I’d been told that I should…
I realized something the other day, right after I’d spent five hours on the couch watching the new SyFy show Helix – what I WATCH is very different from what…
Not that I’m hinting, you understand. I just thought you might be wondering what to get your favorite author. Or me, whichever. 1. Books on Writing. Trust me, you can…
A little bit of this: And a whole lot of this: I’m trying to focus more on that first one, but the whole thing is crazy scary. The road to…
My resolution is always the same – write more. Last year, In order to create a more “writer-friendly” environment, I moved my office out of the dank, dark basement and…
Man, you sit down to watch one episode of the new Dallas, and the next thing you know, months have passed and you haven’t blogged once! I blame J.R. In…
Almost everyone I know hopes to one day write a book, has an idea for a book, or has a half-finished manuscript under the bed just waiting to become a…
I have no idea what goes on at all of them, but I can tell you what happened at the one I attended a few days ago with my writing…