Life is unpredictable, even in our daily lives, there are many things can interrupt our writing goals: illness, tragedy, family issues,...

One renown author made the observation that you’re really not a professional writer if you don’t treat it as a job. That is, writing...

I found that being a hoarder helps my writing. Not hoarding stuff, but information, and with today’s cheap mass storage it’s easier and...

I think the goal of most writers is to get published, but I find that the more I write, the less I focus on being published and the more...

A term often used in the software industry, I’ve found it to be gospel on more than one occasion. Case in point: while editing my...

I am participating in the Writing Contest: Tell Your Ghost Story! Based on a true story. “I’m coming back to haunt people when I die,”...

I have to admit, I’m having a hard time editing my novel, but we’ve had a lot going on – selling our house and renting a townhouse while...

One best-selling author stated that writing needs to be treated as a job. That is, carve out a specific time, uninterrupted, and write...

I’ve been neglecting my blog, but not my writing. If anything, I’m putting more time and effort in my novel and have just completed the...

There are many guidelines for editing, but what does your overall editing process look like and how does it work for you? I try to make...

It is through tragedy that Elettra has come to live out the rest of her life with us. Three days after Elvis, our last Spinone, passed...

Had a good day of working on the second draft of my novel. Revised and re-edited three chapters, adding some and deleting more. Maybe it...

Aside from joining a writing guild, the best move I made was getting a dedicated writing room. Three years ago, we moved to a larger...

In a Writing and Authors social media group that I belonged to (consisting exclusively of self-published writers I discovered), many...

I published my first blog post in 2006 to expose the inhumane method that one small town used in euthanizing animals. City officials...