There are many steps to a manuscript becoming a real book – when I hold a finished copy of my book in my hands, complete with: • Final cover • …
5 Tips to Help You Afford a Writers Conference
“I can’t afford to go to a writers conference.” I hear this writer’s lament a lot. And there were years I stared down that seemingly insurmountable CAN’T, all the while …
Letting Our Characters “Get Tired of It”
Last weekend was one of those longtime-coming-but-so-worth-the-wait kind of events. After 18 months of planning, best-selling author Rachel Hauck spoke at Write in the Springs, the annual conference for the Colorado …
Do What You’re Afraid to Do
It appears that one of my favorite songs in The Sound of Music is the song Julie Andrews liked least of all. The Sound of Music. What a story, with Julie …
If You Give a Character a Lie …
If You Give a Character a Lie … If you give a character a Lie that is tied to some Dark Moment in his past … he is going to …