writing

Jun 12, 20214 min read

Which publishing option is best for your book?

The future of publishing is to have connection to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. Seth Godin I have...

Aug 29, 20204 min read

Notes on an Emerging Writer ... it’s begun

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Writing is...

Aug 22, 20204 min read

The Writing Craft: The books to read

“If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.” Stephen King I am an avid reader who...

Aug 8, 20203 min read

Writing Rituals

I always wrote as a kid. I used to create stories, with illustrations, in old exercise books. At the end of the school year, I would...

Jul 25, 20201 min read

A little quote goes a long way

I am a lover of quotes. I collect them. I use them as a teacher, as a writer, as a mother. I am pretty certain that most people feel the...

Jun 28, 20203 min read

Feedback is a writer’s best friend

I am at the stage of my writing where I want my work to be critiqued. Honestly. I am currently looking for readers who sit outside the...

Jun 19, 20203 min read

Excuse me, do you mind stepping off my shoulder?

Jun 13, 20203 min read

Bottom drawer publishing

I may have invented a new level of drafting a novel. The pre-draft. This is the draft before the first draft. I am currently writing my...