I admit, I was pretty wrung out on Friday night. I’d written about 18K in three days and my brain was soggy, a limp noodle, void of any creative vim. …
The importance of HELL in your story
So, in a twist of events, the Pope may, or may not have declared last week that there is no hell. “Souls are not punished,” the pope was quoted as …
Are you an Olympic writer?
The winter Olympic events terrify me. Seriously. The Luge—a person hurtling down an icy trek at 100 mph on a tiny shovel-sized sled. (and have you heard of the Skeleton? …
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 …