“Even the greats don’t nail it on the first try.” ~ Emily Temple Each year in November, hundreds of thousands of ordinary, everyday people across the world take a challenge
“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” – Henry David Thoreau in a letter to Harrison Blake, November 16,
“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” ~ T. S. Eliot It’s official! This morning I signed a contract with Mango Publishing
“I’ve always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.” – Will Smith I’m currently listening to Racing
I like for people to think I’m a punctuation and grammar whiz kid. I am not. I use cheat sheets like this. I also hire editors or ask friends to
“To write is human, to edit is divine.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft This month I had the honor of critiquing someone’s novel. I read
“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra National Novel Writing Month 2014 has come and gone and I’m happy. The ginormous
“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.” —Philip Roth There are two main kinds of revision: big picture restructuring and small picture polishing. In big picture work, I move
“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” – Henry David Thoreau Last month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” – Mark Twain National Novel Writing
Award-Winning Author, Meditator, Marathoner, and Dog-Mom in Columbus, Ohio
Award-Winning Author, Meditator, Marathoner, and Dog-Mom in Columbus, Ohio
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