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 …
If You Don’t Know What To Do, Make ‘Em Sad
Riding my bike the other day, musing over my work-in-progress while also contemplating the book “The Nightingale” which I’d just finished, I realized that there is a certain sadness to …
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 …
When Your Confidence Is Lost
Writers! Whatcha going to do? We’re like this, right? So full of doubt. Quick to compare. And well, aren’t readers and reviewers doing that? “If you like Susan May …
Calendaring Your Story (Guest by author Mindy Obenhaus)
When does your story take place? Does it span days, weeks or months? So many events transpire during the course of a book, but how do you keep them all …