Recent Articles
On Believing in Yourself: an Examination
One of the most difficult and yet important pieces of the writer life is believing in yourself and believing in your work. I have a book that just launched into the world (two days ago, to be exact). This is my first traditionally published book (but certainly not my...
The Importance of Research: a Short Examination
I once heard a writer say that she could usually finish all the research she needed to do for a story in about a week. Meanwhile, this was my research stack for the summer. It could be because I’m a former journalist, but one of the biggest challenges for me is...
How to Organize Your Ideas: Try Some Photo Boxes
Last month I talked about the importance of capturing your ideas in some way or another. I use index cards to jot down every idea that visits me, and that has worked well for me. It’s up to you how to capture them; it’s only necessary that you do. But what happens to...
How to Set and Smash a Ridiculously Impossible Goal
This year I made it my goal to write 2 million words. I made this goal back in January, when I was struggling to find time at all to write, because of all the responsibilities that it takes to run a house of eight, manage healthy relationships and balance a fledgling...
How to Become an Expert in Your Genre
I write in a lot of different genres, and for a while I thought that meant I couldn’t quite become an expert in any of them. But then I started breaking down what it really means to be an expert. We can all become experts in whatever we want to, but it is not without...
On the Endless Possibilities of Writing What You Know
We’ve all heard it before. There is this timeless advice that’s always given to writers. It sounds like this: Write what you know. This advice is a little confusing. Should you only write what you know? Does that mean I have to always write from the perspective of a...
How Writers Can Crush the ‘You’re Wrong’ Voice
Lately we’ve been talking about the voices that hound writers during their writing. We’ve already talked about three voices that writers will likely hear at any stage in their writing career, including the I Can’t Do This Voice, the Who Would Even Read This Voice, and...
Write a GREAT Book Even When Your Time is Limited
