I get asked occasionally about what baby gear I just can’t live without (yanno, since I am a pro after having a kid for 8 weeks, apparently), so I figured today I would go ahead and list the five things I think are the Bee’s Knees. Really, I could live without any of these things, [...]
A comment the lovely Glenna left after the second chapter of The Raskolnikov Project: I have noticed a trend when I am writing first drafts – I generally get a few chapters in before I know who my main character is. I learn the narrator through how they relate to other characters and the surroundings. [...]
I have this friend. She is a wonderful, bright, college-educated person. She had a great job (not in the field of her degree, but still a good job that she was good at) here in Bozeman. But she had always wanted to live and work in Washington, DC. It was a long-time dream for her. [...]
We all know that the beginning of a new year is a time when many, many people are setting new goals and re-evaluating old ones. A week ago, I laid out my writing goals on this blog; many of my writer buddies did the same on their own blogs. Since so many goals are being [...]
Deciding to stay home as a full-time writer takes a big leap of faith. Your income gets cut in half (maybe not, but for us it was close). Suddenly, this dream is much more real. You are at home all day, every day; time constraints are no longer a reason to not progress in your [...]
For this week’s Road Trip Wednesday, YA Highway wants to know: What’s the best writing advice you’ve ever received? Write. Yep, that’s it. One word can sum up the very best advice I have ever received about writing. But, of course, I am not a woman of so few words, so I will expand the [...]
I know I said yesterday that nobody actually knows how to write a novel (other than one word at a time – Steve’s advice is pretty solid). But I have learned that some people really thrive on how-to lists and would benefit from a “How to Write a Novel” list. So, I thought I would [...]
