Sitemap - 2021 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise
Writing Goals--Clearing Your Path for Creativity in the New Year
Two Amazing Resources for Writing Inspiration This Month
Can Self- or Hybrid Publishing Land You on the Bestseller List?
Alchemy of Place: How to Create Tension through Your Story's Setting and Atmosphere
The Surprising Benefits of Writing Every Day--Why Practice Gets Us Closer to Perfect
Writing from the End: How Endings Create Satisfying Beginnings in a Book
Rest Breaks for Book Writers--Feeding the Inner Artist--and When to Get Back to Work
Approaching Summer Reading--Like a Writer
When to Research, When to Write: How to Balance the Different Kinds of Book-Writing Tasks
Memoir's Primary Argument: Making Sure Your Memoir Is Universal, Not Just Personal
Imagine Actually Finishing Your Book--A Three-Part Visualization Exercise (That Works!)
Pros and Cons of Workshopping Your Writing--How to Survive It, How to Gain the Most from It
What I've Learned about Great Dialogue from Thrillers
Honing Your Process of Receiving Feedback and the Revision It May Require
How to Find, Develop, and Let Your Writing Voice Shine--Three Tips
Special notice to my feedburner subscribers
Theme: The Undercurrent of Meaning in Your Book and Why It's Vital to Publishing Today
Finding the Best Comp Titles--What Your Query Letter to Agents Should Include
Why a Smart Story Location Matters--and How It's about a Lot More Than Setting
Facing the Fear of Finishing Your Book
Pros and Cons of Using Present or Past Tense--What's the Effect on Your Reader?
Crafting Stronger Mechanical and Emotional Transitions to Keep Your Reader Turning The Page
The Joys of Scrivener--My Favorite Software for Organizing Your Book-in-Progress
Power Positions--How to Increase the Tension in Characters and Locations
Enter Late, Leave Early--A Great Piece of Writing Advice for Chapters
Finding the Shape of the Forest-- Learning How to Read Your Own Work
Revising for Meaning--Beyond the Basic Revision Checklist
Making Your Scenes Rock--Seven Tips for Stronger Scenes
Learning New Tricks from Published Writers--What Advice to Make Your Own?
Summary Tells, Scene Shows--How to Use Each in Fiction and Memoir
Dealing with Rejection Close to Home: When Family and Friends React to Your Writing
A Different Way to Work with Revision for Your Book--Segments and Reverses
Unspoken Agreements and How They Drive Characters in Fiction and Memoir
Sinking into Winter: The Power of Rest and Retreat in the Writer's Life
The Magic of Showing Up at the Page: How to Design or Refine a Writing Practice That Works for You
Strange Alchemy--Creating the Weave of Conflict, Character, and Place in Your Fiction or Memoir