I was reading a post on another blog and it reminded me about Robert Heinlein’s 5 rules of writing. In case you don’t know, the rules are: 1 – You must write 2 – Finish what you start 3 – You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order 4 – You must […]
Showing Up Every Day
January 24, 2013 by
I’ve been trying to get my writing career, such as it is, moving forward in a speedier manner. Oh, hell, let’s be honest. I’ve just been trying to get my writing career moving forward, period. That means, my dears, that I have to write. I have to produce. People are not going to read […]
Nothing Is Wasted
January 15, 2013 by
I’m feeling a trifle discouraged today. This morning I finally resigned myself to the fact that the entire middle section of the book I’ve been working on for the past year has to be dumped, and what doesn’t need to be dumped has to be revised. I say “resigned” rather than “realized” because on some […]
Why, Not When
January 8, 2013 by
What do you want? To write a novel! When do you want it? NOW! March, struggling writer, march! When it comes to goals, I think the question we should be asking is not necessarily “when” we want to achieve the thing. Of course we want it immediately. Better yet, we want it yesterday, with little […]
The Problem With Advice About Writing
December 31, 2012 by
I realized a few days ago that books about writing make my head hurt. Don’t get me wrong – advice is good. Advice means that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel over and over again. Advice helps. Yay, advice! But… There’s a very lucrative industry out there of books on how to write and […]
Revisions
October 16, 2012 by
Okay, so I’ll come clean and tell you that my contemporary romance novel was rejected by Carina Press. I was disappointed, but the editor sent me a very, very nice email and gave me some suggestions to point me in the right direction. If you’re a writer, I don’t have to tell you how unusual […]
