Nov 25, 2014 | The Writing Life
I got called an entrepreneur today. It startled me. The family with the most amazing pho restaurant in the world (Viva, for those interested) is an entrepreneur. My friend Andrea, who runs a kick-ass design firm with several employees, is an entrepreneur. My friend...
Nov 18, 2014 | The Writing Life
Becoming a fighter was one of the best things I ever did for my writing career. It gave me the thing one needs to survive any difficult industry. Armor. You see, I had some really hard days in fight camp. Lots of them. Humiliating days, painful days, days when I just...
Nov 12, 2014 | The Writing Life
Chuck at the Surrey International Writers’ Conference. Photo credit: SiWC 2014 I see a lot of writers asking for help on social media. Buy my book! Follow me on Twitter! Like my Facebook page! Review my book! Did I mention I have a book coming out? Oh God,...
Nov 5, 2014 | The Writing Life
Am I a sucker? A glutton for punishment? Someone with too much time on their hands? Probably yes to all except the last one. But that’s not why I’m participating in National Novel Writing Month, otherwise known as NaNoWriMo (and which I personally call...
Oct 28, 2014 | The Writing Life
True story. Stephen King used to be on Facebook. And not the official author page he has now. He used to have an ordinary profile page, just like the rest of us. It was pretty fleeting, as I’m sure he realized early on that Facebook is a huge time suck and it...
Oct 20, 2014 | The Writing Life
I’ll be leaving for my favourite writer’s conference soon. I look forward to this conference all year long, and when I’ve been unable to attend due to work commitments, I’ve definitely felt something was lacking in my life. Writing can be so...
