Where do you want your writing career to be one year from now? How many books do you want to have written? How many books do you want to have studied? How much revenue do you want to have generated? What is your plan for meeting these targets? I’ll admit,

I’ve had an idea rattling around in my head for a while now, and the more I think about it, the more I’m convinced it’s true.  The idea is this: everything is story. That’s a pretty bold statement.  You could argue that I’m biased because I’m in the business of

I’ve been debating whether I should write this. Not because I think I’m wrong, but because I think it will be interpreted as angry, or ungrateful, or petulant. Then I looked at my window that needs fixing and my kitchen door that needs replacing, and I realized that this is

This isn’t what I was planning to talk about. I’d intended to write something uplifting about getting back on track after the COVID-19 derailment that we’ve all be dealing with.  Then my cat, Sophia, hopped onto my bed. This blog is designed to give you a little peek into what

I’ve been working on this post for over a month. Many drafts have gone into the bin and it’s taken me thousands of words to find the three I needed, and the three words aren’t even my own. They’re Neil Gaiman’s and they’re simply this; make good art. During this

As I was thinking about how to frame this month’s post, I came across the following tweet from Roseanne Cash.  Shakespeare also didn’t have laptops, central heating or electric lights. What he did have was free and easy access to his imagination.  Kinda makes you think, doesn’t it? Many writers