Category: Role of the Writer

  • 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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  • Keep Trusting the Process

    A few weeks ago I printed the first 30 pages of my forth-coming novel, (tentatively titled) The Confessions of Adam, grabbed a pencil, and began…

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  • What Is Writerly Success?

    What is the measure of a writer’s success? Is it placement of a short story in a lit mag? Obtaining an agreement with an agent?…

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  • The Writers’ Workshop*

    Disclaimer: Like earning a writing degree, or attending a writers’ conference, joining or starting a writers’ workshop can be a terrific way to procrastinate and…

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