On The Necessity of Flawed Characters

Some readerly/writerly musings for your Monday…

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Writers: On How To Organize Yourself When Revising

If you’ve ever revised your writing, you know how overwhelming it can seem…

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Writers: How Do You Track Your Progress?

After years of trying out several different ways to track my writing progress, I think I’ve finally found the one that works best for me…

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What Makes A Book Young Adult?

This may be an obvious question for some of you, but…

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When Do You Write (When You Get Really Busy)?

I’m having some problems…

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How To Edit Your Novel (In Sixteen Steps)

The best way to learn how to do something properly is to do it wrong dozens of times until you figure it out … right?

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Writers: On (Temporary) Mid-Draft Abandonment

Do you abandon your writing projects?

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Learning from the Masters: on Writing Dual Timelines

Do you ever decide to write a book, then at some point during the revisions, look at it and say, wow, I made this really hard on myself?

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Writers: On Picking the Right Day Job

Last week I talked about the advantages to having a day job as a writer, and today I want to take it a step further…

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The Advantages to Having A Day Job

Hey people, how was your first week in the new regime?

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