A New Adventure Begins

  My only excuse for not writing any updates lately is work. Lots of work. And lots of transitions. Some were hard. Some were sad. Some were invigorating. Some made me feel alive again. The transition I’m most excited about is a small publishing company...

Finding the Beacon

Some of my writer friends say they do not believe in writer’s block. I’d like to think I’m a faucet of creative genius that I can just turn on when it’s time to start working, then turn off when it’s time to do something else (like go to...

Letter #3: From Student to Teacher

My writing partner and novelist friend Katie Note to readers: My friend Katie Rose Guest Pryal (who is also a talented novelist) and I are writing letters to each other and cross-posting on each other’s blog. Check out her site here, and see our previous letter...

Keeping Cool Under the Deadline

The novel is done. The novella is done. Now I’m onto Novel #2, which is second in what my editor suggests should be a trilogy. This is great of course, but it also means I have to get a move on. So this week, I’m hammering away on Book #2. Let me just say, it was...