Let’s just clear the air: I have not been to the Realm Maker’s Conference. In fact, I won’t even be able to attend this year due to a wedding falling on the same weekend. I’m hoping 2015 will be my lucky year (third time’s the charm, right?) But attending Realm… Continue reading
“So this is what it’s like for my editing clients,” I thought as I stared at the 18 pages of notes from my editor. A little less than two of those pages summarized the “positives” of my book. But we authors don’t send our manuscripts to editors to receive a… Continue reading
O Lord, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am! Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing before You. Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath! Selah. (Ps. 39:4-5)… Continue reading
I’m an awful goal setter. Actually, I’m an awful goal keeper — yes, in sports, but mainly in writing. You would think that, as an editor, I’d be a pro at keeping my own set goals. But I actually do just fine keeping goals that involve other people, like my editing… Continue reading
“I’m writing a book,” you say, and then immediately tense, inwardly cursing your loose tongue. You wish you could plug your ears against the inevitable question, but nothing can stop it… “Oh really? What’s it about?” The loaded question. The one that can’t be answered unless the asker is ready to… Continue reading
Should I or shouldn’t I click the “two-star” button on that book rating? According to Goodreads, two stars means “It was ok.” And that’s exactly what I would say to someone in person if they asked what I thought of that book. Yet we all know a two-out-of-five-star rating is… Continue reading
On August 7th, 2011—almost a full year after I started my upcoming novel, A Time to Die—I had an experience that left me numb, cold, and questioning my purpose behind writing. An experience that, I’m sure, every author (and maybe even musician, screenwriter, playwright, poet, painter, and so on) dreads. On… Continue reading
[ujicountdown id=”NaNoWriMo” expire=”2013/11/01 00:00″] I just about spit out my chai latte when someone pointed out that NaNoWriMo is next month. Shouldn’t I have an author radar alerting me? For less than three years, I’ve known about NaNoWriMo and I realized I needed much more than a two-day heads… Continue reading
