For Writers

I used to spend hours searching for words I guessed…

When your characters grow unwieldy.  For book 1, I carefully…

Every now and then, after a new draft, some of…

I’m an analog girl in a digital world. (Just to…

Book 1 was not selling and so was pulled. Time,…

Soooo slooow. Sons of Adamah—I’m somewhat embarrassed to admit—took seven…

I calculate that I wrote and edited at least a…

As I lost all self-control in the buffet room of…

THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR WILL NEVER SAY: THE THINGS YOUR EDITOR MIGHT SAY: THE…

Write a novel in a month—are you kidding me?  NaNoWriMo, National…

John Gardner, “On Becoming a Novelist,” 1983.  (Forgive his dated…

At least in the moment. So use that to your…

Let’s jump right in, shall we? 1. After eight professional…

Newsletters are a great way to connect with people— if…

The novel was written, the cover selected, the advanced copies…

On the verge of their first publications, self-publishers can be…

Ah, Kindle Direct Press, the world’s largest venue for self-publishers.…

SO MANY COSTLY MISTAKES.  Let me count the ways: 1.…

“Advanced readers” read books before publication and prepare their reviews…

OR—HOW TO AVOID REWRITING AND REPUBLISHING YOUR BOOK You’ve incorporated…

So you’ve huddled in a corner of your home or…

Or Self-Inflicted Pain. I self-publish rather than seek a publishing house…