What’s the Point?
One of the things that has been striking me lately is that regardless of your ideological or political beliefs, it…
Writing Career
Deadlines, Expectations, and Reaching Beyond Your Grasp
As creatives pursuing a career in publishing, we are all essentially freelance entrepreneurs—meaning it’s up to us to create frameworks…
Plan to Build Your Writing Career
If you hope to write professionally and create a career from your creative efforts—whether it serves as your sole income…
When Should You Hire an Editor?
If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Editors have a few inside jokes that…
The Glass Is Always Full
This holiday that inspires reflection on what we are grateful for always makes me think of an exchange my husband…
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),…
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…
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…
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…
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…