The Self-Made Writer

In a recent workshop on publishing, I opened the session with a brief exercise. First, I asked participants to write for a few minutes ...

As I’ve said here before (not that it’s any big revelation), there’s not a lot of money in books . So most of us authors (even big sell...

Because we’re both fans of the same blog, The Business Rusch , my friend David Marusek and I read at the same time a post that mention...

The person who points out to a business owner that an apostrophe is misused on a sign? That’s me: former English teacher, grammar geek....

After sixteen years and twelve books traditionally published, plus another year of independent and hybrid publishing (two re-released t...

It’s a favorite among critique partners: the gotcha game of point of view. To play, you need only a sharp eye for inadvertent shifts in...

It has happened to all of us: we buy a book, eagerly anticipating a great read, and discover after the first chapter or two that it’s not...