Posts about writing

I’ve decided that this needs to be my new motto. It’s related to “show, don’t tell,” but it’s a specific variety of the problem. A[…]

I recently updated my Critiques page. The more general question of when or if a writer needs a freelance editor feels like the overarching reasons[…]

Cynthia Leitich Smith’s interview of me is up over at her LJ (and all the various mirrors of it). Thanks to Cynthia for the chance[…]

I’m working on building a page of books that I recommend and that I’ve edited (which of course I also recommend!). So far, the page[…]

My sister was once an ad designer, and she has been helping me out in the last couple of weeks to design an ad for[…]

As I’ve been trying to come up with a name for a particular character in my book–one who comes from a very particular culture considered[…]

James Owen just pointed me in the direction of his post from a few days ago, A Career as a Novelist–In Layman’s Terms, a metaphor which[…]

My cousin just shared a link with me that I had to pass on–a professor who has been collecting the worst of the worst sentences[…]

It’s days like this that I miss living in Chicago, where they dye the river green in celebration. (Also, notice the white clock tower on[…]

I’ve had conversations with a few friends outside the publishing industry lately who tell me that they think self publishing is the way to go[…]