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 […]
Writing
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 […]
Magic Spreadsheet
I am on a mission to finish my novel and get it out to agents in March of 2017. The kick in the pants that got me back to working […]
Why Blogging Matters
In the many years that I’ve been blogging, I have had more than a couple discussions with other writers about why (and in fact if) blogging matters. Why Blogging Matters Yes, […]
Submit Your Stories to the Right Journals
In a previous post, I shared my free, downloadable spreadsheet for keeping track of where you submit your short stories. But when you download it, you will find yourself looking at a […]
The Final Ten Percent
If you follow along, you know I am working on two novels right now. The first I began years ago as my thesis project for my masters in writing at […]
Submission Window Opens Today for Top-Tier Journals
If you follow along, you know I’m pretty methodical about how I submit my short stories to journals. (If you haven’t been following along, check out this post to get […]