Writing While the Rice Boils

Photo courtesy of Stock.xchng When your book is finished, and you need some feedback, it's time to think about beta readers. What ...

Photo courtesy of Stock.xchng Some of you may have participated in the auction I wrote about last week . The items up for bidding in th...

If you've revised and edited your manuscript, and your critique group has worked it over, it's probably time to get some feedback fr...

November 30th. The last day of NaNoWriMo. You may have a complete book in your hands, or a good start on one. What's next? Check out thi...

I've been thinking about editing. Did you know that many publishers are spending less on editing manuscripts they publish? Even if you h...

Don't forget to link your favorite writing article to this post . I'll be choosing some to put up as guest posts next week.   ...

Can rejection actually help you get published? Think about it. When success comes without a lot of effort, it's easy to ride the wave an...

My first Kindle arrived yesterday. I wrestled with the purchase for a long time, because I love physical books, and felt an e-reader was too...

Maybe you haven’t heard the story, but there’s a lot to learn. Earlier this week, a blogger posted a review of an author’s s...

I c an't look away. When I see one of the tsunami videos and I watch houses and cars sucked away, all I can imagine is the people trappe...

We all have to start somewhere. And tackling a novel is not a project for the squeamish. Avoiding the pitfalls of many writers is a tangible...

All writers crave feedback. Even if they're too scared to join a critique group, and letting someone read their work puts them in a cold...

At one of my first writers conferences (the amazing Pikes Peak Writers Conference ), one of the sessions I attended was called a Read an...

So, you accomplished one of your major goals this year. You wrote a novel.  What do you do next? Do you send it off to an agent or edito...

This is truly fascinating. I recently stumbled upon the website of a filmmaker, who supports the arts in all kinds of ways. Francis Ford Cop...

Let's face it. Writing involves a lot of waiting. We wish we could hurry up parts of the process, since it took so long to actually writ...

When editing my novel, I read it on the screen. I print it out and read it on paper. And I read it out loud. Why? Because there are cert...

Don't be a lonely writer. Why? Lone Ranger writers can't look at their work objectively. They clutch their manuscripts in fear of a ...

Writing is a solitary profession. But even the most introverted writer needs encouragement. To battle the ever-present negative comments in ...

Yesterday, we looked at how your first page is like a handshake . Today we're going to watch some of those handshakes in action. First ...