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: Learn to think bigger
Thursday, January 12th, 2012Be sure to watch the cat-herding video. But then really think about some of the issues in this new…
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…
Writers: Believe in yourselves and write the stories you want to write
Thursday, October 27th, 2011It’s been a while since I’ve linked to a post by bestselling, award-winning author Kristine Kathryn Rusch, even…
“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…
The future of storytelling is in good hands
Thursday, July 21st, 2011Yesterday I taught a teen writing workshop at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, AZ (a GREAT indie store, by…
Writers: Too many ideas? A great problem to have!
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Boy, can I relate to this latest post from Kristine Kathryn Rusch about how the new world of publishing…
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…