If there is an artist reading this—exhausted, frightened, embarrassed by the size of your own wanting—I want to say something plainly:     M...

What I’ve come to understand (slowly, reluctantly, and with the emotional elegance of a rabid possum trapped inside a Panera) is that I f...

Welcome back to Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Part 3: The Hot Mess Never Ends Edition. This is the post where we will address your descript...

We’ve been taught that real artists never stop. That if you’re not always producing, you must not be serious. That’s a lie.   I welcome you,...

So you read the first list of novel-writing mistakes and thought,      “Okay, fine, I won’t let my main character have violet eyes, a tragic...

Let’s talk about the holy word every artist needs to learn to wield like a bedazzled machete: NO. This post is for every tender, brilliant,...

Aspiring writer, we need to talk. Not The Talk. Not the birds and bees—the one where I lovingly talk in all caps into your face about the w...

Been on the train for  Writing Tips Part 1   and Part 2 ?    Well, next stop: TECHNIQUE TOWN! Population: 1 writer desperately trying not t...

Continued from Writing Tips: Part One.    7. Be Open to What’s Around You Look around you. Behold both the natural and man-made world. Obser...