Creating a Writing Career: Think Big
Some say we write for an audience of one. Granted that our great work is writing the words that reader loves to read, we may […]
Time Management for Writers
Galloping Time, Supporting Systems for the Writing Life
Now and then, a moment arrives, when hardly anybody wants anything from us. Maybe something was cancelled, leaving a serene empty space, or it’s the […]
Adventures in Writing
Endurance is one of the great challenges in our writing careers — holding on with tenacious minds to the idea that we can do this, even though […]
The Pop-Up Writing Space
We most likely have, each of us, a dedicated writing office space of one kind or another. Here, seated or standing at our own desk, we often […]
Using the Lag to Become Superb
A brilliant and successful writer once told me, “All writers secretly wish they were musicians or baseball players.” I don’t know whether that’s as true […]
Meanwhile, Bruce Springsteen Keeps Working
As I read Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography, I’m delighted, but not surprised, to find that he is a superb storyteller and a beautiful writer. Of course […]
Be Kind to Authors
Whistling in the dark, we sometimes call it, but it’s painful, hearing emerging and establishing writers speak self-deprecatingly of their work. We don’t hear that […]
The Writing Life: All Systems Go
We’ve got to have great big goals to get us out of bed in the morning. But we need to set systems into place in […]
Publication Platforms for Writers: Fifteen Minutes Outside the Hermit’s Cave
Whether we publish through traditional means or independently, we’ll most likely want to think about creating a platform to support a writing career connects us […]
Editorial and Red Flags
Backward ran sentences until reeled the mind. – Woolcott Gibbs Notes from the acquisitions editor Every acquisitions editor has a few red flags in a top […]