Category: Role of the Writer
Ending
It’s been said that no one finishes a novel, they just stop working on it. If there is anything that is true about the craft…
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Beginning
The work of writing looks exactly the same today as it did ten years ago. I go sit in a chair at a table and…
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It’s Like Starting a Business
On the morning of February 25th, I had a conference call with my publisher, Karen Porter at Bold Vision Books. She and I discussed social…
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Waiting Work
A key skill in publishing your debut novel is the ability to wait well. There’s a lot of it. Waiting seems to be most of…
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What Were the Questions I Was Asking?
Earlier this month I asked myself why I wrote my debut novel, The Confessions of Adam (Bold Vision Books, 2019). I realized that I’d thought…
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