For me, the Christmas season is enhanced by the music, both contemporary and traditional. Of course, the past few years, I’ve been on deadline, so the holidays are a combination …
Reality Check: When Your Writing isn’t Measuring Up to Your Expectations
I was talking on the phone with a writer-friend a few weeks ago, encouraging her as she prepared to submit a manuscript to an agent. She gave me a rundown …
An Ode to NaNoWriMo 2016
In honor of all of you who are participating in NaNoWriMo 2016 … or any writer who has ever faced down the dreaded Internal Editor An Ode to NaNoWriMo by …
5 Quotes to Motivate You to Write
We’re writers. We love words. Characters. Conflict. Beginnings. Endings. The Muddled Middle — maybe not so much. But despite our love for writing, the stories we long to tell, there are …
May You Prosper as a Writer
Don’t you love it when God surprises you? Well, God set me back in my red leather chair a few mornings ago … all because of one little word. I …