Timing Your Book Launch

Timing Your Book Launch

by | Oct 23, 2025 | Writing

You’ve written your book, polished it, had it professionally edited, and maybe even lined up your cover design, formatting, and marketing plan. But before you hit Publish, pause for a moment. Timing your launch can make the difference between your book making a quiet...
Getting Unstuck

Getting Unstuck

by | Oct 16, 2025 | Writing

My writing coach client was closing in on the end of her novel. Like a pony heading back to the barn, she had picked up her pace and was clipping right along. Until she got stuck, and her writing slowed and then stopped. She was on the road with her husband when she...
Creative Mashup

Creative Mashup

by | Oct 9, 2025 | Writing

A few months ago, a close friend treated me to a performance of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton as a thank-you for helping her after knee surgery. I’ve wanted to see the groundbreaking musical since it came out to raves and record-breaking awards ten years ago. The idea...
Active Writing

Active Writing

by | Oct 2, 2025 | Writing

Most people aren’t used to—or comfortable with—active writing and what I call story-showing. They’d much rather recount a sequence of events rather than chronicle them in a way that a reader can vicariously experience. “I don’t know how to write that way,” most of my...
Revisiting Your Writing

Revisiting Your Writing

by | Sep 11, 2025 | Language, Writing

My longtime Bear Valley, California friend, Matt Welch, who passed this spring, was an amazing writer with an unparalleled talent for incisive humor. I truly believe that with a little work and plenty of editing, his hilarious book, Tales From the Barside,...