Category Archives: Writing Help

I picked up this tidbit from the Oprah/Frey scandal of a few years ago. Forget about the book for a moment – it’s the process that’s of interest here. Nan Talese: As the publisher of the book, I read the … Continue reading →

PR can sell anything, even a turd. That doesn’t make it good, just popular.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be perfect? No, I don’t think it would. Of course no one really is, but there are ways we can increase our chances. For a writer, thinking clearly helps. So does a spell checker. That … Continue reading →

Turn on the news or read something from the media and you might think the world is getting colder with everyone in it for the money and no one getting a break. Then you run into people who change your … Continue reading →

I’m seeing more and more comments come across the wires from folks who are running into severe difficulties in their stories. Not technical difficulties – emotional ones. Messages from several authors on Twitter, for example, saying they’d hit very difficult … Continue reading →

“You fail only if you stop writing.” ~Ray Bradbury

As a writer I am constantly asking the question of how. How do I get published? How do I build a following? How do I keep from going nuts? There are enough questions of “how” to circle the globe four … Continue reading →

I was going to start this blog entry saying that how to get published consumes my thoughts most of the day and, at times, most of the night, too. Everywhere I turn people say “this is how” and they present their … Continue reading →

Almost two years ago an agent said she liked my work, said it was interesting, but because I was a first time book author I would need to build a “platform”. So I found out what a platform was: the … Continue reading →

As I press onwards telling myself, “I think I can, I think I can” and wearing a Mike Rowe ear-to-ear grin as a show of confidence against the really intense urge to vomit, I continue to research the “How” as … Continue reading →