The Self-Made Writer

Good surprise, bad surprise. Last week was the good kind. My husband brought me the Sunday magazine from our local newspaper—we sub...

Image from moviewriternyu.wordpress.com You love to write. Why, then, can it be so hard to get started—or to finish a project that y...

Adoring reader from the UK, dressed up as the black wolf from one of my books At a conference, I picked up a list of 20 Ways to He...

My current reading/research/study stack   Long lines at the hair salon, store shelves stacked with notebooks, bus drivers practicing th...

Image source: www.successfulstartup101.com Spend a little time around published authors and you’re certain to hear this common lamen...

What’s at the heart of a successful book? A multitude of answers could be offered up: an intriguing premise, engaging characters, a str...

Image source: wikihow.com Do you dream of selling your book to a big New York publisher?  I’ve done that, but the market is ever-...