November 2017

Vlog: The Best Decision I Ever Made as an Unpublished Writer

I often get asked about writing advice, so today I'm sharing the best bit of writing advice I have. And it's probably not what you t...

Photo credit: paul bica on Flickr So! Originally I had a fixing the first page critique scheduled for today, but the winner never sent me t...

There are looooots of terms frequently used in the writing world, and they aren't always really explained. So today I'm sharing a qu...

Photo credit: 1 Fine Cookie on Flickr Quick, pre-vlog post to announce the winner of the forty-first fixing the first page feature giveaway...

Photo credit: kgroovy on Flickr Off-schedule post because the end of November is rapidly approaching! Which means Thanksgiving is like less...

Photo credit: alhussainy on Flickr I've been thinking a lot lately about how people are complicated. How we can still love people who h...

In which I respond to the many writers I've had tell me they're afraid of traditional publishers changing their book to something th...

We have less than ten weeks of 2017 left! I know, I could hardly believe it either when I counted—twice—to make sure I hadn't missed, li...

In which I talk about revising my 17th manuscript and how some things in writing never really change. RELATED VLOGS: The Secret to Writing ...

Photo credit: Mike Gabelmann I'm an ambitious person. Always have been, for as long as I can remember. I was the kid in class who always...