My second novel, Blindspot, releases today so I’ve spent much of the last month getting ready for the launch, which includes podcasts, interviews, social media posts, giveaways, media pitches, and sending out advanced reader copies (ARCs) for review. And as many writers know, the marketing of a book is oftentimes far harder than writing the…
Still recovering from a recent surgery, I’ve somehow missed the greening of spring, scent of heavy-laden lilacs, hyacinths in full-blooms, colorful tulips, and leafing of aspen in lower elevations. Any type of health is easy to take for granted — vision, smelling, walking and the ability to stand in a long line at the store….
What do you need to take your writing to the next level? Do you wish you were stronger in some aspect of your writing skills? Or maybe the business side of your writing career could use some bolstering. Perhaps it’s your workspace or your writing schedule (or lack of) that’s impeding your progress. If it’s…
Your characters have attitudes before your story starts. Before page one and sentence one, they already have a strong point of view about the world. More specifically, they are evaluating how the world (the life all around them) is treating them. Good or bad. It’s critical that you know what makes them tick before whatever…
This last month of writing has been about stepping back and taking a look at what I have written from a different point of view. I have been reading over what I have written, a practice I try not to do until five or six chapters in, that way I am too invested to throw…