I was talking on the phone with a writer-friend a few weeks ago, encouraging her as she prepared to submit a manuscript to an agent. She gave me a rundown …
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 for Plotting with a Pantser
I was in Bermuda last week on vacation with my husband Rob, visiting with our friends Cathy and Stephen West. Yes, that Cathy West — author of Yesterday’s Tomorrow and …
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 …
Writing When You’re Sick and Tired … and on Deadline
You’ve heard the term “perfect storm,” right? Just so we’re all on the same page, let me define it for you: a perfect storm is a particularly bad or critical state …