There comes a time in every writer’s life when you are in one of these two categories: You are at the writers conference — and you’re posting non-stop photos on …
Redefining Success at the ACFW Conference
NOTE: This post was first published in 2012 on the ACFW blog. A writing friend of mine is attending the ACFW conference for the first time this year. She is …
Writer’s Crash: How to Recover When You Hit the Wall During Rewrites
I pushed SEND on the rewrites for my fifth novel, Almost Like Being in Love, five days ago. During the month that I tore my manuscript apart, I came close …
4 Tips for Managing Extensive Rewrites
Nothing like submitting a manuscript to my editor – and then having an idea that turns my novel upside down in a good way. That nagging “how can I do …
3 Tips to Help You Describe Your Character’s Eye or Hair Color
Being writers makes us describers. We introduce a main character, knowing we are required to describe how our hero or heroine or villain looks, sounds, yes, even how they smell. …