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Tips for writing with a co-author: Four Characteristics of a Good Co-author
After racking my brain for blog ideas this week, I’ve decided to answer a question that I get asked all the time by fellow writers as...
Nov 18, 20093 min read
Scrivener day #4: Oops.
Hooray! I successfully figured out how to completely screw up my manuscript! I hit command-k thinking it would bring up keywords on...
Nov 6, 20091 min read
Scivener Trial Day #3
(yes, it’s been a while since i sat down to work on this project) I implemented some of the suggestions posted by someone at Scrivener to...
Nov 5, 20091 min read


Developing your book idea into a full-length novel
image by churl So you have an idea for a story, but you can’t seem to get more than a few pages into it. How do you turn a few pages of...
Oct 22, 20093 min read


3 Writing Lessons from Battlestar Galactica
(Inspired by Peta Andersen’s blog post “5 Things I Learned From ‘The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh‘”. We had a bit of an online...
Oct 20, 20093 min read
Umberto Eco discusses the decline of handwriting
(via @bookninja) Umberto Eco dates the decline of handwriting back to the invention of the ballpoint pen rather than the computer. He...
Sep 21, 20091 min read
A blog written by sunlight, not artificial light
I enjoyed this article from WritingSpirit Blog about Louisa May Alcott’s writing methods. WritingSpirit has found articles from The...
Aug 28, 20091 min read
Where do you write?
I have to admit, I don’t know most of these authors, but it is interesting to see the spaces they choose to write in. I wonder if all of...
Aug 13, 20091 min read
How do I love to read? Let me count the ways…
I like to read. A lot (have you noticed?). Since I have gotten a Kindle, I’ve been paying more attention to the buzz around e-books. It...
May 14, 20094 min read
Animal Protagonists
My writing challenge for today is to actually write something for my blog rather than posting a link or a picture. Hmm. Let’s see now....
Apr 29, 20092 min read
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