I, Amateur

How writing a horrendous song reminded me of the joy of writing fiction 

Novel Death

I thought I loved my novel, but I was actually killing her.

Sometimes I go to the Novel Graveyard and talk to my first novel.

I thought she was The One. She came to me when I was in my first year of grad school, as a…

BE A WRITER

The process is what matters.

What is important to you.

If security is you’re number one value then get a good job, save your money, have a family and be happy.

How To Un-Kidnap Yourself

There’s someone on the phone who says it’s you.

That Invisible Rope

That keeps pulling you towards your goals

To date, I have received more than fifty rejections from literary agents, and I find each new arrival, by degrees, easier to handle than the last. I try to concentrate on sincerity — those that…

Why Do You Want To Write?

An Introspection for ”A Writer’s Journal”

NaNoWriMo Gone Wild: The Quest for 50,000 Words

An excerpt: Facebook really sucks on your birthday

National Novel Writing Month Journal

Thursday, November 7, 2013

On Reading

How Writing Taught Me To Read