This is a fantastic interview with an agent – a must read to get an insider’s view of what it’s like to be an agent. Here is a quick excerpt: Approximately how many unsolicited queries does your office get a year? I myself get 40-50 query letters a week. Are they all read? Someone reads the […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s creative writing prompts focus on writing better dialogue. Every Sunday we start a new theme for the week’s writing prompts. Today’s Writing Prompt There’s a lot of talk out there about making sure each of your characters has a unique voice, but there’s not a whole lot of talk […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s prompts are all about… wait for it…. dialogue. I heard that collective sigh. It’s the same one I hear in my workshops when I announce we will be doing dialogue-writing prompts You sigh because you don’t have the tools you need to write better dialogue. So we are going […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s prompts focus on expanding your poetry repertoire. Experimenting with different forms of poetry can be fun and a great way to express yourself. For this week, I recommend writing by hand only. Every Sunday we kick off a new theme for our daily writing prompts. You can read Sunday’s post […]
Many of my clients ask me how to find an agent. For many writers, this question is premature, especially if they are asking me before they’ve even finished their novel, but nonetheless, it doesn’t hurt to be informed. There are times when approaching an agent before you have a finished product would not be premature. For […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s prompts focus on expanding your poetry repertoire. Experimenting with different forms of poetry can be fun and a great way to express yourself. For this week, I recommend writing by hand only. Every Sunday we kick off a new theme for our daily writing prompts. You can read Sunday’s post […]
Do something for yourself before the year is out.
15-Day Writing Challenge As a way to try to finish out the year with something happy, I am offering $10 off the 15-Day Writing Challenge ($47, regular price $57) through the month of December 2016. What better way to start 2017 than with an already-established daily writing habit as a way to direct your energy […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s prompts focus on expanding your poetry repertoire. Experimenting with different forms of poetry can be fun and a great way to express yourself. For this week, I recommend writing by hand only. Every Sunday we kick off a new theme for our daily writing prompts. You can read Sunday’s post […]
Your Daily Writing Prompt This week’s prompts focus on expanding your poetry repertoire. Experimenting with different forms of poetry can be fun and a great way to express yourself. For this week, I recommend writing by hand only. Every Sunday we kick off a new theme for our daily writing prompts. You can read Sunday’s post […]
Announcing a new kind of support for writers You know you need to complete your project. You feel the pull. But you’re not doing the work. Introducing our new integrative and ongoing coaching and support group for writers who want to finish a book. The First-Draft Incubator is a monthly membership-based support group for writers that […]