Tag: writing
Ode to Ferries, Real and Imaginary
Ferries combine the best of both worlds: adventure with a known arrival time. Read More …
Next Novel: Work Not Yet In Progress
The fairy dust of another story has been sprinkled across my desktop. Read More …
Imagination Creates Reality: Irish Travel Story
Stepping onto an Irish bluff, I found the point I’d created off the coast of Rhode Island. Read More …
Book Review: A Dangerous Fiction
Barbara Rogan’s story about a literary agent in peril takes us on a ride, though maybe it should’ve started in a different place. Read More …
Writing and Editing with Latitude
Bringing latitude to writing and editing means seeing both big picture and detail more clearly. Read More …
What Makes a Book Memorable?
Books that keep us reading, past our bedtime or our subway stop, are the ones that stay with us long after we’ve finished. Read More …
Dare to Fail: Plotting the next Novel
Outlining the next project may help me get to The End, or it may be a complete failure. Only one way to find out. Read More …
What She Wants: Agent Search Update
Why querying brought back a college classroom. Read More …
12 Lessons from 2017
Lessons learned after twelve months of intensive story-telling—both fiction and fact. Read More …
Baby Steps Toward Big Dreams
Big dreams must be broken down into small steps before we can actually make them happen. Read More …
