This week marks 7 years of blogging! I can hardly believe it. Back when I started blogging, I was a grad student working on my first novel about an ostrich […]
The Elevator Pitch
In the time since I started my novel, I have honed my elevator pitch. After eight years working on it, I thought I was getting pretty good at it. Every […]
Deciding Where to Put Chapter Breaks
With just a month to go before I finish what I expect will be the last draft of my novel, I’m starting to think about where to put my chapter […]
My Time at Write on the Sound 2016
I just got back from attending the Write on the Sound 2016 conference, about 15 miles north of Seattle in Edmonds. I will admit to being a little skeptical. My […]
Write on the Sound
I am super excited to report that tomorrow morning, bright and early, I am hopping on a plane to the great northwest for the Write on the Sound conference just […]
The Writing Leap Literary Salon
On Saturday night I read a short story I’ve been working on at a Literary Salon hosted by Alexandra D’Italia, professional writing coach at The Writing Leap here in Los […]
3 Reasons It’s Okay to Stop Reading That Book
I heard an agent once, talking about how she decides whether she’s going to read a manuscript. She said that if she likes a book, she knows she will be taking […]