Another journalist working on a novel or five
What a difference a few days makes. I've been busy with newspaper work for the better part of a week but have been meaning to share the encouraging review I got back on my period adventure novel. Over the course of writing the book, I had difficulty finding beta readers. Folks are busy and a …
Continue reading A glowing review from a beta reader doesn’t hurt
What's a writer to do when doubt and anxiety puts them in a state of literary paralysis? I mean, I've read the dozens and dozens of articles featuring tips for up-and-coming and novice writers ... so I think I've pretty well got the basics memorized: Read! Read! Read! Write! Write! Write! Never give up! Smoke …
With all the wannabes and never-wills out there pushing books on writing—despite never having written a bestselling novel, or even a moderate-seller, I am reluctant to share any advice of my own on fiction writing. Anne Lamott, Stephen King, Strunk & White, William Zinsser, Annie Proulx, Henry Miller, Joan Didion, Cormac McCarthy ... these people …
Continue reading Writing advice: How to become a freelance journalist
Tony Soprano once told Dr. Melfi that doing therapy is like taking a shit. As a veteran of the DSM-IV style of shrinkage, I'm not sure I agree. But, I will say that writing a book is like trying not to soil your pants in public. Frantically hurrying to finish. Sweating and fussing. Trying like …
