5 Expectations Every Reader Has

Note: Much of this has been taken from a Writer Unboxed post written by Lisa Cron. Though the article is addressed to novelists, the information she shares is relevant to writers of all genres, particularly the client-attracting kind. Here is a reader’s manifesto –...

Write a book in 30 minutes or less

Bet that got your attention. And why wouldn’t it? We all want what we want now, now, now, sans effort. We’re a culture of instant gratification. The media plays off that fact, as do the snake-oil salesmen out there on the internet. There’s nothing...

What A Music Video Can Teach You About Writing

I broke my ankle a number of years ago. I ended up in the gym after six weeks of going crazy at home, which is precisely what happens when I don’t run.  I don’t tend to watch TV or music videos, but I happened to be on the stair-master one morning when this...

57 Things I Love About My Irish Hood

The crazy Border Collies laying in wait to chase our car just beyond the barn. The farmer on the hill who tells us jokes we can barely understand, what with his brogue being so thick. I’m pretty sure they all involve traveling salesmen and farmers’...