Daily discipline has never been my strong suit. Anyone who’s ever asked me about my writing process for read an interview or post about it, knows that I am deadline driven. I write more (more words, more often) the closer I get to the due date. That method has problems though. Not every project has […]
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Nancy Pearl’s Four Doors to Reading
Nancy Pearl is known in bookish circles as the Super Librarian (she even has an actual, real-life action figure). Besides being an all around awesome librarian, she has one particular theory that is especially helpful for writers. She has identified the four doorways into reading, aka the four reasons people fall in love with books. The Four […]
My 10 Year Writingversary
Picture it: Madison, Wisconsin, December 2013. My mom and I were traveling for her work, and while she was out doing business during the day, I hung out in Starbucks finishing my first ever book. That book, a never-to-be-published Regency historical romance called Summer Sapphire, was not the first book I started. But it was the […]
Essential Writing Low-Tech
Late last year I wrote about my essential writing tech (including my Alphasmart, earbuds, and Write or Die) but I need to give equal respect to the low tech side of my writing life. As much as I embrace technology in my writing and everyday lives, I depend just as much on some low tech […]
Essential Writing Tech
One of the most common questions I get when speaking at a signing or event is about my writing process, what a typical writing day is like for me. Or even what is my must-have item for writing. My first response is usually that I have to leave the house. I write most of my […]
On the Topic of Reviews
Reviews. Love ’em, hate ’em, never read ’em. No matter your policy, they’re always causing a stir. Reviews they are critical responses (whether good or bad) to something very emotional. If the act of creation is painful, then sending the created work out into the world is pure torture. It’s like offering up your bare […]
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