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Crafting a Bestseller
Last week's dip into blog posts of the past convinced me to do more of it. While I've published two posts already this year about my experience ghostwriting The Legacy of Luna--one about writing my first national bestseller and the other about climbing the redwood...
Share Your Story
I started this blog just over 15 years ago. Last week, I decided to drop into the way-back machine and check out my very first post in 2009 about sharing your story. I thought the post might be dated. It's not. Not even slightly. So, I decided to run it again,...
Celebrating Fanchon Blake–Again
Without ever saying a word, my dad taught me to celebrate every writing-related win. You finished your rough draft? Celebrate! You finished the second draft? Celebrate! Your book sold? Celebrate! Your book just got published? Celebrate! So, yes, I celebrated when Open...
Writing Lessons From my Dogs: Defensive Writing
Heads up! You've probably never thought of the concept of defensive writing. Neither had I, until I was on a dog walk--where I do some of my best thinking, especially about blog posts--and realized that I engage in defensive dogging as way to keep us all safe,...
Thinking Outside the Box
The other day, I couldn't stop thinking about making ice cream. Cream cheese ice cream to be specific, with Kahlua and caramel liqueur mixed in. "You could try using Greek yogurt instead," I told myself. "That would be better for you." Having jumped aboard the healthy...























