It’s back to school week here for my kids. I find this time of year more inspiring work-wise than the new year, honestly. When I was a kid, Fall was our chance to try on different parts of our personality as we experienced new friends, subjects, and interests. Each year was a new beginning filledContinue reading “Back to School/Back to Revising & Best of August”
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These Are the Writers I Won’t Work With
I love helping writers. Well, most of them. I learned the hard way that not all writers are created equal. And I don’t mean talent. I mean mindset. I had a client once who won a 20-page critique in a giveaway I did for an organization close to my heart. This client came to meContinue reading “These Are the Writers I Won’t Work With”
My Latest Netflix Obsession and Character Development
Two weeks ago, I had gum surgery. Not fun. My second this year. I planned ahead and cleared the decks for the week. Luckily, this go-round was much easier than the first and my second day in, I felt confident I could return to some projects I had set aside for this recovery week. YouContinue reading “My Latest Netflix Obsession and Character Development”
How I Got Unstuck From My Writing Rut
I have been S-T-U-C-K in my manuscript the past few weeks. As context, I started doing the pre-work for this manuscript before the holidays and started drafting in mid-February. The last month or two, I’ve been so close to the end of this initial draft and yet the actual end started feeling farther and fartherContinue reading “How I Got Unstuck From My Writing Rut”
Happy Book-Coach-a-Versary to Me! (Plus a gift for you!)
As of July 20, it will be two years since I put out my shingle as a book coach! It feels like forever and yesterday at the same time, as most things do when you reach a certain age, am I right? I came to book coaching organically. I describe my journey to book coachingContinue reading “Happy Book-Coach-a-Versary to Me! (Plus a gift for you!)”
Writers: Know Thyself
The picture above is a peek at some of my craft books. I LOVE craft books! Books about writing? I mean does it get better than that? Not for me. I bet you have a shelf like that, too. Craft books are as individual as the writer who writes them. One book may work forContinue reading “Writers: Know Thyself”
Celebrate Your Writing
As we prepare to celebrate this week with fireworks and Sousa marches and summer desserts that all deserve a luscious whipped topping, I want to ask you: When was the last time you celebrated your writing? Recently, I received good news about my own writing. The book I’m querying had done well in a contest.Continue reading “Celebrate Your Writing”
My Favorite Things: June 2024
My youngest “graduated” from middle school this week. It’s fine. I’m fine. Everything is fine. Before we had kids I used to see friend’s preschool graduation pictures and think “That is ridiculous. It’s preschool!” Then my nearly five year old donned his graduation cap and clutched a rolled up certificate and I got it. LifeContinue reading “My Favorite Things: June 2024”
Writing & Baseball
Earlier this week, I posted on Instagram: I was feeling pretty motivated after that “no,” to be honest. I was firmly in the “let’s get rejected today” mindset of using it as fuel to keep going, keep trying. And then… I got another rejection on a partial Tuesday. The doubts crept in. Cut toContinue reading “Writing & Baseball”
Avoiding Rookie Writing Mistakes
Rookie mistakes. We all make them. Mine? Writing a novel without ever studying structure. Surely this was something I’d just know by osmosis from all that reading and those English classes I took. Wrong. Turns out, I hadn’t a clue. I came close. Maybe even serviceably close. But I didn’t know a lot and itContinue reading “Avoiding Rookie Writing Mistakes”