Category Archives: Writing and Publishing Tips

Top Three Things That Will Suck If I Ever Become Famous

This is the kind of stuff my brain will land on. I land on it long enough, and I feel…

Welcome fellow writer and comrade, A.B. Michaels. Her first novel, The Art of Love, released to enthusiastic reviews and her…

Kameron Hurley wrote an enjoyable and thought-provoking blog post about challenging the false narrative of women in history and literature…

We writers can be a solitary lot, but if you’re going to undertake something as daunting as writing a novel…

While there are plenty of ways a story can go sideways, in my work as a fiction editor I’ve noticed…

For years I’d heard the advice to join professional organizations for their networking opportunities. I envisioned a bunch of well-dressed…

When I was getting ready to release my novella Nashua’s Choice, I pondered how to let readers know what kind…

This doesn’t happen often, but I will occasionally steer someone away from my book, at least temporarily. Here are the…

Recently I had the privilege of participating in the Idaho Writers Guild and SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and…