Don’t Squander the Power of Platonic Relationships
Friendships don’t have to take the spotlight in your stories to play important roles in them; few manuscripts I work…
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Are You Writing Literary Fiction? (Spoiler: Probably Not)
Who can blame authors for not wanting to classify their own stories—which they may have labored over for months, years,…
How AI Changes the Game
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Oh, dear. AI shenanigans are once again…
The Successful Accidental Career of Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi may have dreamed of selling more than a million books (1.5 million so far, if…
The Problem with “Show, Don’t Tell”
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Ask anyone—even a nonwriter—about what good writing…
Everybody Has a Backpack
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. On a recent vacation cruising the Rhine…
Overcoming Overthinking—Take the Leap
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. “How do you feel about France?” The…
You Can Handle Rejection (And That’s Good Because You’ll Have To)
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. When I was dating, family and friends…
How Much Should an Editor Do?
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Of all the implications and impact of…
Should Writers Use AI?
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. I’ve written about AI a number of…
The Ingredients for a Successful Writing Career
What makes any creative career successful is a combination of factors across key areas of an artist’s life and work.
How to Be a Better Storyteller (A Margot Robbie Master Class)
When Margot Robbie held the SmartLess podcast hosts in the palm of her hand during a recent interview as she…