Tag: writing
What A Ringing Phone Doesn’t Tell Us
When the phone rings inside a story, it’s up to the author to figure out who’s calling. Read More …
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 …
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 Best Reading for Writing Well
What books and book types I read when writing. Read More …
Making Our Asparagus Grow
A garden analogy about the joys of planting new seeds—in business and in the back yard. 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 …
Holiday Book List 2015
Four novels and one non-fiction read made this year’s list. Read More …
