Writers: Treating your writing like a 401(k)
Friday, January 20th, 2012One of the many things I value about the business-of-writing posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn…
Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters
Writing, reading, and other vital matters
Writers: Some fresh thinking for the new year
Saturday, January 7th, 2012There are a couple of new posts by Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch that I think…
“Learning makes us uncomfortable”
Monday, August 15th, 2011If you’re not already reading Dean Wesley Smith’s Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing series, I urge you to…
Writers & the myth of talent
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011Wow. It seems like lately Dean Wesley Smith has been rerunning all my favorite posts. This one on the…
Writers: How to use your stories and novels as focused practice for skills you want to learn
Friday, August 5th, 2011Oh, how I love this post by Dean Wesley Smith! It’s a rerun, and it’s worth rereading at least…
Is rewriting improving or killing your work?
Monday, June 13th, 2011An intriguing question, and the kind of thing a lot of us writers are too afraid to confront.
But man…
Fast writing is good writing
Saturday, June 11th, 2011Long, long ago, back when I’d been rewriting the same novel for EIGHT YEARS, I took a class from bestselling…
Genius idea for indie writers, indie publishers, & indie bookstores
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011Oh, that Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, always thinking, those two.
Thank goodness, because this…
Writers: Want to know the one thing that will kill your career? Read this.
Saturday, May 21st, 2011I love this post to pieces. I’m going to invite it out for good Mexican food, then bring it…
Or to look at it in a more proactive way–
Thursday, May 12th, 2011I hope you read the link I posted about yesterday. Because it is seriously one of the most important…