Writer. Writing Mentor.
“How do I even know if my writing is any good?” At some point or another, every writer asks themselves this question, in the general sense about themselves as a writer, as well as about specific pieces of work. In
Multiple and simultaneous submissions: ever wondered if you should do this? Short version: Yes. Need more? God, yes! A student of mine is dealing with this dilemma right now. She has work she feels is finished and ready to publish,
For most writers, reading is like breathing, something we do constantly in the background without thinking much about it. Some years I enjoy setting formal #readinggoals and try to get through a certain number of books in a year or
Happy New Year! Last weekend I ran a free online workshop to help writers plan for 2019. It was a lot of fun – we looked back at 2018 and thought about what we wanted to be different in the
Rejections are one of the hardest parts of writing. We tuck our fragile writer egos into manuscript envelopes and send them out to be dismissed by the cruel, cruel world. Or that’s how we used to do it – now