Category: Writing Life

  • Next

    I am well into the throes of writing my second novel. I’ve heard that many writers don’t get the first novel they write published. The…

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  • 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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  • I Can Do This

    I remember the moment. I am standing in my study at my bookshelf. It is 1988 or 1989. I am in college, a sophomore. I…

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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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  • The Other Folder*

    In preparation for my mother’s visitation and memorial service this week, my sister gave my daughter two folders of my mom’s writings to put together…

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