I couldn’t believe it. Someone had sneaked into my office and in the middle of my manuscript had written: You are making a mistake. You are a missionary. You should …
Oh, you got a book deal? Awesome. Really. (What to do with envy!)
You know what I’m talking about, right? You work your tail off on a great story, your fourth amazing story, still unpublished, and while you’re piling up rejections, your friend, …
Four ways to recover from a devastating loss (or rejection from a publisher!)
Last week I was going to write an inspiring email about how you just have to keep trying. That you don’t know when one of your stories is going to …
Five ways to get the elephant moving (or overcome writer’s block!)
This morning, I dragged an elephant around my neighborhood for roughly 2.3 miles. Aka, I went on my morning walk. But it felt that way because I’d taken three (yes!) …
Three powerful Show-Don’t Tell-themes to put in your life-changing novel this season
Anyone catch the snowball fight in Buffalo yesterday? While I watched the Vikes struggle it out against the Panthers, the Bills and Colts had an epic pigskin fight in the …




