Monday was my birthday. It’s funny how they keep rolling around. I’m 41. I didn’t plan anything, because 41 is one of those kind of nothing birthdays, but as it […]
Writing
Some Serious Wisdom From Author Hannah Tinti
If Hannah Tinti’s writing has a fraction of the bravery and truth that her thirty-minute talk contained, it’s gotta be good.
Independent Bookstores – Where the Booklovers Go
It turns out that there is a market for the experience of a bookstore (those of us who love books aren’t surprised). We will celebrate this Saturday.
Stop Being an Aspiring Writer
For some reason, I love reading self-help books when I travel. Whenever one of these get-your-shit-together kind of titles pops up I always hesitate to buy them because I don’t […]
Seven Steps to Writing a Novel
Some really good advice for writers struggling to get words on the page and he breaks down his ideas into seven steps, simple things we can all do.
An Atlas, Not An Outline
When I think in these terms, I see my outline as a map of the world I’m creating, an atlas of all the possibilities, and I’m free to just write.
Writing the Query Letter Synopsis
In this week’s post I share the many iterations of my query letter synopsis along with the thought process I went through to arrive at my final version.