Category: Writing
Collaborative Editing: The Tools Don’t Matter
For the past few months, I’ve been working with a client creating and updating content for a new website. The goal is obvious: accurate and easily digested consumer-friendly information, which promotes the product without overselling. The process, though, is surprisingly Read More …
Listening In, Outside
Sometimes authors just want to be a fly on the wall. Read More …
Author Lessons from Spotlight
When is a story ready to publish? Probably later than we think. Read More …
Book Review: Believing the Lie (if not the cover)
Returning to the scene of the crime is always a pleasure, at least when accompanying Inspector Lynley and Barbara Havers. Read More …
The Story That Didn’t Go Away
Story ideas are like people; some are more persistent than others.
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The Best Reading for Writing Well
What books and book types I read when writing. Read More …
Two Facts, One Fiction, Three Deadlines
Whether writing fact or fiction, the same goal remains: tell a good story. Read More …
Writing Through the Weather
Writing happens in spite of the weather, not because of it—though there’s nothing like escaping to a different world during a winter snowstorm. Read More …
Book Review: Big Magic Waves Its Wand
Finding this book at the perfect moment proves one of its central theories: that inspiration shows up exactly when we need it. Read More …
The Language of Sailing
Baggywrinkle, staysail, even halyard: sailor-speak can be hard to translate. Read More …
