Luck and the Ladder of Life
It’s humbling, and sometimes discouraging, to imagine that regardless of what we may put into our careers (or anything else),…
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Interactive Storytelling and Extended Reality: The Future of Fiction?
VP of Immersive Content Innovation Vicki Dobbs Beck spoke at UT-Austin recently on how Lucasfilm/ILM is working to pioneer immersive…
Is Fear the Artist’s Foe—or Friend?
Fear is an unhealthy self-awareness where you’re so in your head, while simultaneously so minutely observing yourself from an external…
Should You Write “to the Market”?
Knowing what you want in this business is one of the most important factors in creating a writing career that…
“Seeing Myself *Like* Myself Is Pretty Damn Good”
It’s always a little surprising when we hear that people we admire, or who have achieved success by standard metrics,…
How to Talk to Anyone about Your Writing (or Anything)
Whether it’s at writing events with other authors, or you’re pitching your work to agents and editors, or talking about…
Decoding Author Voice
And of all the many elements of craft authors must master, voice is the one I think can be the…
When the World Sucks Your Creativity: Zoom In and Zoom Out
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This morning I received an email from…
Protect Yourself from the Latest AI Writer Scams
“Why is it every time a new thing is invented humans immediately try to use it for porn?” That’s a…
Leave Room for the Happy Accidents
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. My husband and I are different types…
What to Consider in Using AI for Your Writing
Given what we know about how easily modern tech tools can creep into taking over an outsize place in our…
Reclaiming Your Time
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Over dinner with friends the other night,…