Have you ever sat down to write and just couldn’t get settled in to write? The page is blank. What do you do? Here’s what my friends had to say …
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 …
Why is a Writer Like a Bumblebee by Angela Arndt
You’ve heard the story that, after an extensive study, a scientist proclaimed there was no valid reason a bumblebee could fly? It turns out the study was completed in 1934, …
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 …
Three Lessons I Learned by Not Winning a Writing Contest By Nick Kording
I enter writing contests even though I second guess the decision to do so after every contest, regardless of the outcome. My huddle group recently discussed the value versus the …