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Ed Grabianowski blogged about a talk I gave at Origins in June, 2009 entitled Writing Careers in the Post Paper Age. Ed did a good job summarizing an hour’s worth of lecture, but a couple of points generated a lot of controversy his blog’s comment section. (My favorite is the screed that began, in reference […]

Ed Grabianowski blogged about a talk I gave at Origins in June, 2009 entitled Writing Careers in the Post Paper Age. Ed did a good job summarizing an hour’s worth of lecture, but a couple of points generated a lot of controversy his blog’s comment section. (My favorite is the screed that began, in reference […]

I just released Issue 122 of The Secrets newsletter. This issue is titled Kindle Document Preparation. I have been harping on the effects of the digital revolution on publishing for years now. Every press release and news story talks about the sad state of publishing and, quite frankly, traditional publishing is terrified of the digital […]

Writing Fiction: A Short Course is a collection of eight lectures I gave last fall for a Writer’s Studio online course through Arizona State University’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing. The lessons cover everything from plotting and characterization, through reader engagement, writing realistic dialogue and things you want to take care of to […]

Today I released issue 121, which is the third in an “editing trilogy.” All three issues deal with diagnostics to help you figure out what you want to improve in your novel, and then provides tools and ideas to help you make your book the best. Editorial skills are often overlooked by writers, but are […]

Okay, so I found this website that allows you to do cool little animations. Check this out: Yes, yet another way to waste time on the net!

One of the questions authors get asked all the time is, “Where do you get your ideas?” This is the rough equivalent of asking a surgeon, “How do you know where to cut?” The answer to each is that it’s a combination of training and experience, study and a little bit of luck. (And, ask […]