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 …
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 …
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 …
How the 4 Reasons People Read Help You Change The World
It was a rough weekend, wasn’t it? Hard to process the ongoing tragedy, the idea of someone again so coldly, painfully hurting, killing so many innocent people. It just takes …
The Starting Point for your Character’s Inner Journey
I am up north at the writing cabin this week, getting ready for next week’s Deep Woods Writing Camp. It’s gorgeous here, quiet and last night I was able to …