It’s some combination of great characters, life-and-death stakes, and just enough magic to make the world interesting.
Setting Goals (and Intentions) for 2023
This year, instead of formal goals for the new year, I’m going with two words: LEVEL UP. It’s more of an intention than a goal.
Best Books of 2022
Here they are, in no particular order and with no regard to publication date: the best books I read in 2022.
Right View for Better Editing
Right View is about about seeing things as they are, not as we wish or imagine them to be. When we apply it to our editing process, we produce better prose.
Your Story Matters
That feeling we all get sometimes when we’re writing, that little voice that tells us that it doesn’t matter, that we should just stop…
On Mastery
There is no mastery here. Only a blind groping toward happiness with the best of intentions. May we always be learning.
The Terrifying Joy of Trying to Decide What’s Next
I was out in my garden last weekend. It’s just a little strip of land below the window of my home office where I like to grow things. I have […]