Oct 17, 2014 | The Life Less Ordinary, The Writing Life
I’m going to be published. Finally. I’m still in shock. I found out on Monday night, signed the contract on Wednesday, and the press release went out from Samhain on Thursday morning. I wanted to tell you right away, all of you who have been so supportive...
Oct 1, 2014 | The Writing Life
Part of our G Adventures Group on a train in ChinaAs writers, we can get too stuck in our own heads.One of the best cures for this, I’ve found, is to travel. I always keep a journal when I travel, and I try to update it everyday, but inevitably so much will...
Aug 6, 2014 | The Writing Life
When I was a teenager, I knew everything about writing. Didn’t we all? Isn’t it amazing how brilliant everyone is at that age?I’d made it all the way to the last year of high school without anyone criticizing anything I wrote. Thrilled that I could...
Jul 23, 2014 | The Life Less Ordinary, The Writing Life
For an entire week, the story had been making me miserable. False starts, terrible phrasing, weak transitions…they were all present and accounted for. I knew I had a powerful story to tell; I just didn’t know how to tell it. “You need to figure out...
Jul 9, 2014 | The Writing Life
About a month ago, a publisher asked for a full. I was very excited. I sent the novel to them, brimming with optimism. I knew it might result in a rejection, or worse–a terrible contract. But I hoped for the best. Last Wednesday, I received a response. To my...
Jul 2, 2014 | The Writing Life
I was having a hard time.It was the usual writer stuff–a lack of response from editors and agents that resulted in a lack of motivation. Even the silence on this blog was deafening. Were all my readers on vacation?To make matters worse, my 102-year-old house...
