I do love books about writing. I’ve never picked one up and not found something that speaks to me. Maybe I’m just a terribly slow learner, and information falls out of my brain all the time which I have to keep stuffing it back in. But never mind my...
When you’ve read more than eighty books in a year, narrowing down the best reads is quite a job, but I’ll give it a go. This year’s reading has brought home to me how writers are really pushing at genre boundaries. Now if you pick up a crime book, it...
November is over. For those who write, this means the end of another Nanowrimo. A chance to splurge out a first draft of a novel in thirty days. I haven’t participated in Nanowrimo every year, but I always find it an interesting experience. Twice I tried...
I have just signed with an agent, and what I have to say about the process might contradict other advice out there, but I think it’s worth considering. Those who did not know me BC (before children) might find it surprising to know that I used to sell life...
One of the most misunderstood professions has to be writing. Everyone seems to think you don’t need to spend any time doing it, that as soon as you have a book published you’ll be a millionaire, that it’s easy to get said book published in the first...
