This week I am finishing yet another round of edits on my revision of Breathing Room, my next novel.  My wonderful editor, a flight exp...

In my online book -structuring classes, we always write a premise statement.  Most new writers have never heard of this focusing tool f...

The main reason books are rejected, according to one of my colleagues who is in the business?  Nothing happens. The stakes in a stor...

A writer in one of my classes is working on a memoir about a serious event that happened a few years ago.  She's focused in on the...

Years ago, I lived near the excitement and chaos of New York City--close enough to train in for an opera or play.  The speed of life was...

Steve showed up at one of my workshops a few years ago.  I was impressed with his writing; he was working on a mystery that featured an ...

Writing isn't rocket science.  But maybe it does as much for the brain.  New studies are finding this true.  We get healthier the m...

This month, my novel-in-progress reached a new level:  final revision.  Woo-hoo, this is cause for celebration.  When a book hits final r...

Do you write dialogue?  Did you know that many acquistions editors at publishing companies use dialogue as the "test" for whet...

Recently I finished a pretty good story.  It is making the rounds of my friends who love literary fiction, and I'd gotten at least ...