A few weeks ago I did a post, “Taking Liberties,” about fictionalizing real, historical people for my novel. I had…
When I started writing my novel, Cherry Bomb, about five years ago, I decided to write it in present tense.…
I’m hard at work on novel revisions this week (spent 4-5 hours on it yesterday and feel like it’s picking…
In the October, 2014 (yes, it’s out—weird, right?) issue of Writer’s Digest Magazine, Jane Friedman has an article called, “The…
Last Wednesday I gave a preview of the YOK Writing Workshop I would be attending this past weekend in…
I love the personal essay. It’s one of my favorite genres of writing. When I first started writing essays,…
I subscribe to two trade publications on writing—Poets & Writers and Writer’s Digest. Every month when they arrive in my…
This morning I read a young friend’s blog post about her book, which she just finished drafting and is sending…
About a year ago, I did a post about literary and commercial fiction. I continue to think about these categories,…
It’s been almost two months since I worked on revisions for Cherry Bomb, the novel an agent has shown interest…