My day job has been especially stressful lately, what with department mergers, new bosses, urgent deadlines, and changing rules and roles and expectations. Maybe because of that, or maybe because I just needed some time […]
Writing can be a lonely and discouraging experience at times. Those inescapable dark days when we feel like we’ll never amount to anything and can’t write worth a damn (even though we know it’s our […]
“After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman One of the most extraordinary gifts of human consciousness is the gift of imagination. It’s something we […]
In this insanely competitive publishing market, there are clearly a lot of benefits to signing with an agent and being backed by a publisher. Marketing budgets, the guidance of an editor, the expertise of an […]
It’s beginning again: the itch. I’ve started to play around with a tiny baby kernel of an idea for a book. “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written […]
I’m not going to use the word “stuck,” because it isn’t completely accurate. Finding the right word or phrase is always important, and stuck sounds so negative. Like I’m stuck in something sticky and unpleasant, […]
