WARNING:  This is a no-edit zone... Every writer goes through periods of it, and I’m neck-deep in one such period now.  That is, periods where the professional To-Do list is...

Inspiration for books strikes us in different ways: 1.  Theme/Statement 2.  Plot 3.  People Which comes first doesn’t matter much, provided the author ties the other two ways to...

  I’m about to post the Fall Feature Article, Reflections.  Wanted to let you know it was being uploaded. RWA members:  It’s time to vote.  There’s online voting this year,...

"I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure—try to please everybody." --Herbert Bayard Swope I spent the morning with a writer who was...

Rumors of my demise are exaggerated. I’ve been suffering a malady common to writers--deadline-itis.  And I’m happy to report that I’ve survived! I’m typically up for trying new...

Today I’m starting a new series, Yes!  Success!  And I hope that whether or not you’re a writer, you’ll gain something of benefit from the posts.  The ideology and methods are...

We often hear about everything going wrong.  Far less often, we hear what’s going right. So I thought I’d share a few “good news” tidbits picked up at the conference, and ask all...

You’ve written 250 pages of a 350 page book and something happens. Your hard drive is highjacked or infested with a virus/worm. Your hard drive crashes. You think, no problem, I...