In 2010 I won a Best Fiction Award and had three agents ask for my full manuscript. I was attending the SCWC (Southern California Writers Conference) and had submitted pages as an Advanced Read. One of those agents was based in New York and asked me to give him first...
Writers are a self-reliant lot. We have to be. We think, plan, craft and write in isolation. And even when we get guidance from an editor or read ‘n critique group it’s still our final decision, made in isolation, as how (or if) we will follow that advice. And writers...
THE GOOD Yesterday was blog writing day. The day I pick a topic and do my first draft for my weekly blog post. I usually breeze right through this task and it’s fun creative writing time. THE BAD And yet, yesterday the hours ticked by…vague ideas came and...
So how does my attitude about being self–reliant come into play as a writer? I think most writers will agree that when it comes right down to it, it’s up to us to sit our butt in the chair and do the hard work. No one else can do that for us. It’s up to us, and us...
Being outside in nature is the most basic part of who I am. Besides gaining knowledge about wildlife, I learn lessons about who I am, and surprise myself about what I am capable of achieving. Nature continually inspires me. It is a part of all my writings, no matter the genre or subject matter.