Better planning, better resultAfter November, Christmas should be a breeze. Today I’m washing clothes, catching up on paperwork, finishing Christmas shopping, and...
Learning from experienceIs it NaNoWriMo time again already?! NaNoWriMo starts in less than a week, and this year I feel more prepared than ever. But I’ve felt...
A vital return to realityThere’s a pristine 330-page YA manuscript sitting on my desk and it’s taking all of my willpower to stay away from it. It’s my first...
Out with the old...One year ago I posted my writing resolutions for 2014. I freely declare I have not hit those goals. In October, after submitting my final...
Back to 'real' life and ready to keep writingToday – 1 December – is an auspicious day. It’s when hundreds of thousands of novelists around the world blink their eyes against the...