Writing Tips
Six Basics Tips for Writing a Biography
Choosing to write a biography is taking a step into someone else’s life for a long period of time. You immerse yourself in another life […]
Year: 2017
Craft of Writing
Editing Your Novel for the “Big Picture”
New writers often focus their first novel revisions on individual words or sentences. Some spend hours, hunting for the right word or trying to improve […]
Writing Tips
Watch Movies Like a Writer
Want to be a better writer? Want more readers to say, “I couldn’t put your book down?” Here’s an easy way to learn to write […]
Getting Published
How to Break the Andy Syndrome: Tips for Writing for a Magazine
I feel your pain, Miranda Priestly. Miranda is the perfectionist editor-in-chief of Runway, a top fashion magazine in The Devil Wears Prada. One morning she […]
Workshops and Training
What Should You Look for When Choosing a Writing Retreat?
So, you’ve decided that you need a bit of a break. We all do, at times. And a writing retreat seems just the thing for […]
Getting Published
What’s the Story about Late Responses?
I often get feedback from new writers who lament the long response time (or no response at all) to their requested queries/proposals/fulls to agents and […]
Writing Tips
Five Tips for Writers Who Work Full Time
“I just want to stay home and write.” If you’re like most writers who work full time, you’ve probably said these words at least once […]
Writing for Children
Writing Poems Kids Will Read
To write poems children enjoy, these tips will help: Get to know kids! Being around children from preschoolers to teens lets you know what’s on […]
Workshops and Training
Five Reasons to Attend a Writing Retreat
Every single time I attend a writing conference or workshop, I always hear the same thing: “I love being with my tribe!” “Can’t wait to […]
Spiritual Life
When an Author Loses Her Way
My latest novel, Home, is about an author who runs away. But what does it look like when an author loses her way? It looks […]