Fear and the Blank Page
A book review of “The Courage to Write: How Writers Transcend Fear”. Read More …
Eleven Revelations for a Newbie at Nationals
A list of revelations obtained during the 2009 Romance Writers of America conference, which took place in Washington, DC last week. Read More …
Guest Blog Fail (a Nathan Bransford Rejection)
A discussion about how to choose great titles for your fictional work. (Presented in the context of hope101’s rejected proposal for Nathan Bransford’s guest blog.) Read More …
Never Give Up, Never Surrender–Except When You Should
It’s Theme Day in my world. All kinds of people are struggling around the issue of persistence. One virtual friend is wondering if she should trunk the novel that no one wants to buy; another debates whether they should be forced Read More …
Getting Your Muse On
I was raised in a meat and potatoes family, where function was valued over aesthetics, hard work over inspiration. Nothing wrong with that. In fact, that’s where I primarily land by choice in my own decision-making processes now that I’m all Read More …
Grating Expectations
Grade seven, new math teacher, lots of nasty stuff going on in my life that had nothing to do with school. We began with a review and the class’s performance was, shall we say, less than completely inspiring. Mr. Y’s Read More …
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