Carving Out A Home Writing Retreat

The phone rings The laundry pleads to be stuffed, cycled, dried and folded...

No Time: Your Best Fake Excuse To Avoid Writing

After a full day of work, family and life, you fall into bed exhausted Mentally ticking off your to-do list, you cycle through shopping lists, phone calls, appointments, feeling good about what you have gotten done, until you get to the thing you really want to do...

The Phases Of The Writer’s Life

Over the course of my writing life, I have noticed that other writers and I cycle through a series of steps on our path toward maturity as a writer When people come to me for coaching, they often do not know where they are on the path and what they need to move forward...

How To Find The Novel That Only You Can Write

Most people think writing a novel is just writing I have lost count of the number of people who say “I want to write a novel” and think that they will just sit down, put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard, and the whole thing will just unfold before them...

Copy Editing

Copy editing is a most important and time-consuming task for those involved in the field It requires the sensitive editorial handling of print material of every kind...

Pay Yourself First – Making Money Without Getting Paid

You might not be used to depositing checks earned by the sweat of your pen (yet) That doesn’t mean you can’t start becoming financially savvy with your writing...

Receiving Feedback With Grace

Imagine holding a bouquet of balloons And someone comes up to you and pops one with a pin...

Business Writing Tips For Professionals

Effective business writing skills can help you win that million dollar contract, earn a promotion, resolve a dispute, or generate a significant increase in new business leads Poor business writing, on the other hand, can never be undone; it can cause you to lose business to your competition and even cost you your job...

7 Book Title Templates that Grab Your Book Readers By the Collar

Is your book title the best it can be? Could it use some work to do its job effectively? Don't let your book get lost in the sea of information streaming into your reader's consciousness each day. Instead, write a sizzling title designed to hook your potential readers and draw them in for the read....

Are You The Next JK Rowling?

Harry Potter The name brings instant recognition from people all over the world...