by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings So award season is here, and our social media feeds are full of our writer friends dressed to the nines and smiling sweetly into iPhones at award dinners. …
Celebrate Your Bravery
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings I just wanted to take a moment and acknowledge your bravery. If you’re a writer, you are putting yourself out there, and it requires courage. So, kudos to …
Mastery of time, not mastery of words
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings I’ve been asked by a few people recently about what you need to master as a writer. They’ve asked if it’s more important to know plot over characters …
Asking for help from the giants in whose footsteps you walk …
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings My debut novel came out in March. My firstborn. And, like most parents, I looked around to those with previous experience to help me learn what I was …
Why writing your book might be more a pregnancy than a project
by David Rawlings, @DavidJRawlings Even though we might set out as writers to work on our book as a project, it might pay for us to think about it more as a …