I’ve heard it stated over and over at conferences, in blog posts and articles, and from my editor, Paula. Good writing isn’t about a character,…

That first summer I worked with Paula on editing my manuscript, I read more than I wrote. Some of the books I read were helpful,…

How hard can it be? Remember that? Yeah. (Nostalgic sigh.) I must admit I was overwhelmed at the thought of reducing the 800K-word tome I’d…

Writers are omniscient, at least within their own worlds. They know who’s doing what to (or with) whom and why, what the probable outcome will…

As I said last week, my initial foray into writing fiction was flawed. In the science fiction market, the genre for my first novel, acceptable…

Nobody takes fiction writers seriously. That’s what I used to think. As a volunteer journalist and editor on a small non-profit press for more than…