My friend Tessa Williamson gave me a copy of The Plot, by Jean Hanff Korelitz, and I am plowing through it. It is the best fictional work I’ve ever read […]
Writing
How I Keep Myself Organized
I decided a long time ago that I needed to get organized. Here’s how. (Hang onto your hats, dis about to get nerdy.)
Getting Comfortable With Discomfort
I take a deep breath and try to get comfortable with the discomfort I’m about to bring down on myself. I’m a better writer for it.
Button Poetry
I am not a poet, not by a long shot, but I appreciate poetry and love to hear poets read their own work. When I listen to poetry…
Brunch with Paulette Perhach
Submit your work, get rejected, and whenever you can, take a writer friend like Paulette Perhach to brunch at an adorable Los Angeles cafe.
Write Distinct Characters
One of the easiest ways to create distinct characters on the page is to give them differentiated names. Well, duh, you might say, but…
Writing Young Love
I’m writing the opening of a book that absolutely depends on two young people falling madly in love before they are separated around page 30.