Lately the hardest part of writing for me has been using the time I have well. Okay, so maybe not just lately. Maybe that’s always a challenge.   There are a million things I could do, sitting in front of my computer, alone, in a study room at my local library. I tend to start […]

There is no secret to doing something well. You simply have to do it, do it consistently, and do it often. I have been reading more and more about the craft of writing, most recently “The Getaway Car” by Ann Patchett, which is included in her book This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, […]

For weeks I’ve been mentally drafting this post, putting it on to-do lists . . . and not following through. But today, all that changes!   My manuscript is revised, done, finished, ready to go out and see the world. The night I finished, as I formatted my synopsis to send to my agent, my […]