I bet you thought this post was going to be about Hamlet, or my existential malaise, but it‘s not. It‘s a tiny little writing lesson about the use of the…
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Self-publishing, also known as indie (short for independent) publishing, is currently the most common way for new authors to bring their books to market. Because this is the “easiest” method…
When I was in grad school, I took an essay writing course. We were assigned an anthology called The Best American Essays, which still sits, all marked up with black…
I had the opportunity to interview Ryan Sprenger last week about his publishing company, Book Rally. If you missed it, you can listen to it by clicking here. Book Rally–a…
I just got back from Los Angeles, LA for those of you in the know. I was attending AWP, a monster of a conference for writers, teachers, editors, and publishers….
After months and months of working on a book, it’s easy to go blind to what you’ve got in hand. Especially if you’ve been going it alone without the guidance…
A writing prompt is a sentence designed to open the creative floodgates. Sometimes an image, or a picture, can serve to get the juices flowing, too. Get something down on…
I’m going to walk you through my story writing process, and model it for you. I’ll explain how I come up with an idea for a story, then how I…
Once upon a time, Walt and I were out for a morning run. It so happens that our running route takes us past a river. Because it was springtime, we…
