Reframe your relationship with the publishing industryJuly 16, 2026Publishing success starts long before your book reaches readers—it begins with your author mindset. Whether you’re pursuing traditional publishing or…
Are You Writing Literary Fiction? (Spoiler: Probably Not)June 4, 2026Many writers describe their manuscripts as literary fiction, but most are actually writing mainstream, upmarket, or commercial fiction. In this…
Writers: You Can Handle Rejection (And That’s Good Because You’ll Have To)April 23, 2026If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. When I was dating, family and friends…
How Do You Know If You’re Ready to Query? A Practical ChecklistMarch 12, 2026Wondering whether it’s time to start querying literary agents? Before you hit send, make sure your first pages, full manuscript,…
What’s the Point?January 22, 2026One of the things that has been striking me lately is that regardless of your ideological or political beliefs, it…
Luck and the Ladder of LifeNovember 13, 2025It’s humbling, and sometimes discouraging, to imagine that regardless of what we may put into our careers (or anything else),…
Interactive Storytelling and Extended Reality: The Future of Fiction?November 6, 2025VP of Immersive Content Innovation Vicki Dobbs Beck spoke at UT-Austin recently on how Lucasfilm/ILM is working to pioneer immersive…
How to Talk to Anyone about Your Writing (or Anything)October 9, 2025Whether it’s at writing events with other authors, or you’re pitching your work to agents and editors, or talking about…
Hope and Action: Fuel for the FireJune 19, 2025Authors are often the purveyors of hope. We are the ones who explore human nature and draw people together through…
Protect Yourself from the TrollsJune 12, 2025Many of us in our field utilize stock photos, whether images on our websites or social media, those used to…
