I have a dear friend whom I've never met in person. She's pretty much made of Pure Awesome, like all of my friends are. I must admit...

Over the years, the elements of writing that I've had to focus on during revisions has changed. When I first started writing, clarity wa...

First draft of sentence: "Back in Joppa," Hope whispered, "I saw that look." and then "Back in Joppa," H...

I've been revising my work. I haven't written anything "new" in weeks, and I've noticed my brain switching from one k...

Every novel is in part the result of decisions the author has made and most of the time, I am sure, those authors have made different decisi...

Last week in my post about me I mentioned that I had written a new short story, and I wasn't sure if I wanted to give it to people for f...

I am working with an agent to get a novel in shape to submit to publishers. I've been working with this agent for almost a year now (in ...

I've been experiencing a strange thing with my latest revision of Rooster . But, to really explain it, I need to step back a bit. I star...

A couple of weeks ago, my friend/writer/teacher, Ellen Slezak , met with me for lunch. She had read the latest draft of my book, and she was...