Writing Prompts for the NowAs in the Spring 2022 Dumpster-Fire-Down-to-a-Smolder Now.May 5, 2022May 5, 2022
Why Does My Writing Always Come Last?I mean, why does it feel like homework lately?Apr 28, 2022A response icon1Apr 28, 2022A response icon1
Published inForgeWhy You Never Feel Like You Get Anything Done in the SummerBut you actually doAug 2, 2021A response icon1Aug 2, 2021A response icon1
Published inThe Medium HandbookThe Most Useful Writing Advice I’ve Ever Been GivenNo, it’s not ‘show, don’t tell’Jul 26, 2021A response icon31Jul 26, 2021A response icon31
Writing a Novel, the Second Time AroundHow writing a second novel feels different than a first…Jul 19, 2021Jul 19, 2021
Launching My First Novel in a Pandemic.When people have asked me what it has been like to release a book in the pandemic, lots of adjectives come to mind: Exciting…Jul 12, 2021Jul 12, 2021
Published inThe Medium HandbookOn Writing Without SolitudeOr: Is it possible to be a real writer when you have small children?Jul 5, 2021A response icon8Jul 5, 2021A response icon8
How NOT to Write a First NovelSix Professional “Don’ts” of Taking on a Novel for the First TimeJun 28, 2021A response icon7Jun 28, 2021A response icon7
What I Learned from Writing my First NovelIn some ways, what I learned from writing my first novel goes way beyond writing. It took ten years to finish and get published, and in…Jun 14, 2021A response icon3Jun 14, 2021A response icon3