What Does AI Mean for Writers? I Asked It.January 12, 2023If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This blog post literally wrote itself. Okay,…
Rejecting “Bests” and ResolutionsDecember 29, 2022If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. This time of year is when it…
Give It a RestDecember 22, 2022If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. <– This is Gavin. These are Gavin’s…
Showing Up for the Good StuffDecember 15, 2022If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. My husband and I just got back…
What Is Your Wendy?December 8, 2022If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. I’ve been wanting to write about one…
The Best Thanksgiving DisasterNovember 24, 2022As we here in the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I’d like to share a quick holiday story with you.…
How to Talk about Your Writing (So People Want to Read It)November 10, 2022If you’d like to receive my blog in your in-box each week, click here. Whether you are published or not, from…
Peopling Your Stories (and Your World) with IndividualsOctober 27, 2022I promised you all a third installment of my speaking series on crafting your message when talking about your writing…
How to Speak as Well as You Write, part 2October 20, 2022(Find part 1 of this three-part series here.) The Mechanics If you are pursuing writing as any kind of a…
How to Speak as Well as You Write, part 1October 13, 2022The Message and the Messenger So many authors are introverts. It’s so much easier to fully express ourselves on the…
World Building—for Yourself and Your Characters (or, The Reality You Can Choose to Create)November 7, 2024