Helping Authors (And Authors, ...

Jun 19, 2010

As more of my friends are getting published, I’ve become aware that I haven’t been a very good writer-friend! I never knew...

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Big News!

Jun 4, 2010

Some of you eagle-eyed readers have noticed I added word count meters to the My Fiction page to the blog. (I love word count meters. I...

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Paris For Writers – Mars...

May 13, 2010

Today, dear readers, prepare for a treat! The lovely Marsha Moore is taking the helm today, and she’s talking about the...

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Why Are You Writing/Reading YA...

May 4, 2010

YA fiction. Young Adult. I hadn’t even heard of it two years ago. Back then Bear was 13, and I’d started giving him Robert...

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Ask and You Might Receive R...

Dec 3, 2009

I’m lucky enough to be friends with Marsha Moore, author of the new travel book “24 Hours London” (Available from...

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A Chat with Gary Murning

Nov 28, 2009

I met author Gary Murning on Twitter, and was so pleased when I first heard that his book If I Never was going to be published by...

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Agent for a Day

Apr 13, 2009

I was torn about joining in Nathan Bransford’s Agent for a Day game because I was so burned out on the whole #queryfail and...

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No Response = No Thanks

Mar 5, 2009

I’ve grown increasingly disappointed as I’ve seen more agents go to the “No Response = No Thanks” method of...

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Avoid Instant Rejection from L...

Feb 18, 2009

I follow a few agents’ blogs and tweets, and I’m shocked when I hear how often writers get instantly rejected because do...

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Free Writing Book

Feb 4, 2009

While clicking around to writerly blogs as I tend to do daily, I noticed that Donald Maas is giving away his 1996 book The Career...

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