Writing News for the New Year

Determined not to start the new year with an overflowing Inbox, I forced myself to dive in and deal with every single scrap of paper that had accumulated over the months. I know what you’re thinking. Yes, I actually do have a painfully tangible Inbox as well as...

Battle with Amazon

You’ve finally gotten your book written, edited and published. No one (except perhaps your writing coach or collaborator) will ever know the struggles involved in getting those words on paper, or how much of yourself you’ve poured into your work. But that doesn’t...

Self-Publishing Success Story

 I love a good self-publishing success story. So I love this post by Judy L. Mandel about the process of getting her memoir Replacement Child (Seal Press, 2013) written and published. She found the process that worked for her during the creative phase. She...

How to Get Kids Excited About Writing

When I donated a month’s worth of writing coach sessions to a silent auction benefiting a local non-profit organization, I didn’t expect my new writing coach client to be 11. “Does he want to do this?” I asked his father who had actually bid on...