Friday, April 25, 2014

Finding the Edges: The Art of Theme and Voice in Fiction and Memoir

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Novelists and memoir writers know the agony and ecstasy of voice and theme.  Two make-or-break aspects of a book, they arrive last-minut...
Friday, April 18, 2014

Organizing Your Book: Great Tips on What to Save, How to File It to Find It, and More!

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Sharon, a blog reader, emailed me last week with a question about her book--not a writing craft question, but the all important organiz...
Friday, April 11, 2014

Writing about Tough Topics: When It Gets Personal in Your Story, How Do You Keep Going?

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Michael, a writer from the New England area, took my workshop on book-structuring techniques last year.  He recently emailed me about hi...
Friday, April 4, 2014

How a Food Journalist Becomes a Book Writer: The Award-Winning Journey of Steve Hoffman

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Food writer Steve Hoffman can actually name the date, time and location when he got started:  It happened on June 27, 2012, at 12:30 PM...
Friday, March 28, 2014

When Your Book Changes Direction--Why Juliann Rich's new book, Caught in the Crossfire, Took Dedication, Hard Work, and Learning New Writing Skills

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In 2011, when Juliann Rich first decided to write a book, she intended to write an adult mystery. At the time this was her favorite gen...
Friday, March 21, 2014

What's Keeping You Accountable to Your Writing?

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Here it is, the first day of spring for us in New England, and I'm both eager and nervous.  Snow still covers the yard, but the lig...
Friday, March 14, 2014

"Did I Write That?!" What Happens to Your Writing as You Grow in Skill

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Practically every week, I get an SOS email from one of my students.  They've just discovered a clue about their book manuscript.  A...