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Let’s Get Crafty!
We often hear “Show rather than tell.” But sometimes, showing becomes a distraction for the reader as they attempt to picture something as they read. This is especially true when attempting to show common physical actions. For example: Showing: The corners of her...
Another Mindset that Keeps Writers Stuck
Don’t you hate it when a sentence slips out of your mouth before you’ve run it through the wisdom filter? I hate it when that happens. And it happened not long ago. I'll set the scene for you: A writers’ conference. A panel of esteemed agents. And a comment from one...
The Comparison Crash
In January 2010, I sold my first book to a publisher. Since then, I’ve written six additional full-length novels, and I’ve built a business. But over the last decade I also endured a MAJOR back surgery, seven additional surgeries, the breakup of my 29-year marriage,...
How Will You Use Your Writers Voice?
Dear Writer, How will you use your writer’s voice during this unprecedented time of global concern? Perhaps, like me, you’ve hesitated to add to the conversation—the din of information is nearly deafening. In fact, the MIT Review declared an “infodemic” at the...
The Mindset that Keeps Writers Stuck
As writers, most of us find ourselves stuck from time to time. Honestly, some of us feel stuck more often than not. After nearly 30 years spent pursuing a writing career and a dozen years working with writers, I’ve identified mindsets that keep writers from moving...
How to Become an Overnight Success
When my debut novel, Words, won the Christy Award for Best First Novel, my agent joked that I'd become an “overnight success.” Before the award, few had read my writing. After the award, Words sold well and now, nine-years post release, still consistently sells...
Ready, Set…Pause?
Do you dream of publication? Do you yearn to see your name on the cover of a book? Do you long to have your words touch others? Maybe you’ve already reached the milestone of publication and now you’re pressing toward new dreams: a multitude of followers, rave reviews,...
What’s Your Why?
Why do you write? Why do you put fingers to keyboard and pound out words? Why do you push forward? Most people who embark on a writing adventure discover writing is hard, sometimes excruciating, work. It’s work that requires much, including long periods of...
Surrender in the Deep
What happens when you, as a writer, find yourself flailing in deep water? What do you do when you're ready to give up and go under? How do you stay afloat? What if God asks you to surrender? Does the deep have anything to offer a writer? In my interview with Erin...
The Ultimate Rejection
It was the ultimate rejection. One of my favorite authors read my manuscript and . . . hated it. Actually, he didn’t just hate the novel I’d written, he really hated it. As in, he emailed me and wrote: “I hate this story.” There was no silver lining,...
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