First agent query submission – CHECK
I’ve not been very good at keeping up with the blogging. While I could give you a list of excuses…let’s not and say we did.… Read More »First agent query submission – CHECK
Book: Structuring Your Novel
Though it seems a little late to be learning about novel structure, an Amazon Kindle Daily Deal convinced me that it was better late than… Read More »Book: Structuring Your Novel
How is novel writing like corporate strategy?
Much of my time is spent thinking and reading about corporate strategy. This is important because my day job industry, financial services, is being actively… Read More »How is novel writing like corporate strategy?
Ode to a query letter
Oh, query letter, I detest thee My artful words now commercial pitch Reductio ad nauseum Beautiful purebred distilled to bitch Yet my pockets are light,… Read More »Ode to a query letter
Yes, I’m still alive
While it may seem like my ambition died sometime in April, never to prompt me to publish on the Internet again, I’m back! Here’s a… Read More »Yes, I’m still alive
Oh my gosh, does THAT suck!
For five weeks the first novel manuscript gathered dust in my bedroom side table. Enough time passed that I actually began to dread picking it… Read More »Oh my gosh, does THAT suck!
Is research travel worth it?
My first novel is set in familiar places, which meant location research was a matter of sifting through memories or looking at pictures to remind… Read More »Is research travel worth it?
Trial balloon
The plot for the second novel is taking shape. Unlike novel #1, which I started writing with only a shell of an idea and developed… Read More »Trial balloon
Laid up and wondering
On the day we headed to Denver last weekend for my daughter’s volleyball tournament, the minor cold I’d been fighting for 4 weeks morphed into… Read More »Laid up and wondering
Writing workshops, groups, etc.
For the sake of this discussion, let’s imagine that there are two types of writer-people in the United States. There are authors, which we will… Read More »Writing workshops, groups, etc.