This morning, I had a long-overdue email conversation with a bloggy friend. We talked about life and good times and writing and publishing. It really got me thinking…and then this post was born: On Chasing the Dream You start with a little inkling of a dream. I want to write a book, you tell yourself. [...]
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. [...]
Read Jon Gibbs’s fabulous guest post on Nathan Bransford’s blog. In the past, I have let my ‘but’ get in the way of reaching my potential as a writer. But no more! To plagiarize quote my dear friend Jesse: I have fully and truly realized that there are, in all certainty, only three kinds of [...]
Don’t judge a book by its cover. We have all heard the old adage, and I totally agree with the meaning behind it. But I have a confession to make. I totally judge books by their covers. All. The. Time. There are books out there I know I want to read solely based on the [...]
Guess what, guys? Writing a novel is really hard work. There is a reason why there are so many more people who say they are going to write a novel than there are people who actually write one. Eventually the honeymoon stage wears off and the shiny new manuscript becomes the dusty old pile of [...]
It’s 9-9-09, and you know what that means? Happy release day to Kaleb Nation! Kaleb’s debut novel, Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse hits shelves today (officially at least-fans have reported finding it in stores early). I have been impatiently waiting to hit up my friendly neighborhood bookseller all day. I might cry if they have [...]
