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Building on the tradition established by San Francisco-based industry giants Ghirardelli and Guittard in the 1800s, small boutique chocolatiers have popped up all over Northern California in recent years, serving up delectable bites and grabbing … [Continue reading] about California Chocolates
This week marks my tenth year writing posts for this blog. Dang. 10 years blogging and not a single hiatus. I never thought I'd keep it up so long, but then, when I started blogging 10 YEARS AGO, I thought I'd have, like, three books published by … [Continue reading] about 10 Years Blogging
Welcome to Writing Tip Tuesday, the Passive Voice edition. This is the eleventh in a series of posts pulled from my free guide "On Not Writing Badly." You can download the whole thing by filling out this form, or, if you'd rather not subscribe to my … [Continue reading] about Writing Tip Tuesday: Passive Voice
I can get a little analytical with my writing. It's the tech nerd in me. So you can imagine my excitement when I found an online word frequency analyzer a few years back. I loved being able to break my story into data and look for interesting trends. … [Continue reading] about How to Use the Scrivener Word Frequency Function
North of the Golden Gate, in the hills and wetlands stretching up along the coast, is a spattering of abandoned bunkers and secret tunnels dating back to 1893. It was the end of the 19th century when William Endicott, the Secretary of War under … [Continue reading] about Abandoned Bunkers
My book doesn't come out for four moths and eighteen days (but who's counting, right?) and I'm already feeling tortured by reviews. The Stars Here's what happened. I opened Goodreads to see if any of my advanced readers had left their reviews … [Continue reading] about Avoiding Reviews: A Pledge
Welcome to Writing Tip Tuesday, the Ellipses edition. This is the tenth in a series of posts pulled from my free guide "On Not Writing Badly." You can download the whole thing by filling out this form, or, if you'd rather not subscribe to my email … [Continue reading] about Writing Tip Tuesday: Ellipses