Many writers I talk with are masters at procrastination, yet they manage to complete and publish books regularly.  What's   that   ab...

I'm always fascinated with how debut authors make it into print.  And I know and respect Chris Mackenzie Jones from my years of teach...

This week, I've been studying a page from the book-structure chart used by mega-successful author, J.K. Rowling, for her Harry Potter...

Two of my students/clients have just published memoirs this month.  Both have compelling--and difficult--stories to tell. The process of ...

Several clients have emailed me lately, asking how to deal with the flood of emotions that comes with writing memoir.  "Memories bri...

For my birthday this month, I got an anniversary copy of  A Wrinkle in Time.  It has been a LONG time since I read that book, but I loved...

Kathleen West came to several of my online classes in the early days of writing her first novel.  She got structuring help and good fee...

When the book journey feels way too long and the end is nowhere in sight, I use this short but encouraging exercise to help me vision m...

I happen to love small pieces of books:  prologues, introductions, forewords, even epilogues, and epigraphs (those quotes or small thing...

One of my blog readers sent me a wonderful question last week.  It's a question that many writers struggle to answer.  It had come to...