I’m one of those people that takes things as they are and uses them as they are intended. When something is handed to me a certain way, I tend to automatically assume that’s how it should stay. Take this little doo-dad, for instance: Do you recognize it? Probably. It’s the…
Whenever I talk to my mother, invariably the topic comes around to the fact that I’m currently not working full time and (with my husband’s blessing and generous financial support) am dedicating myself fully to this writing thing. And her main response is always, “So what do you do with…
Anyone who follows my ranting and moaning on Twitter knows that I’ve spent the better part of a week now looking at edits for Unacceptable Risk, ignoring edits for Unacceptable Risk, procrastinating in order to avoid looking at edits for Unacceptable Risk, and occasionally, in rare fits of productivity actually…
The writer needs to write to tell the story. The reader needs to read in order to enjoy it. Sadly, they don’t always need the same words. The biggest breakthrough I’ve made as an editor has been realizing that that’s okay. Personally, I’m the kind of writer that processes things…
The scariest thing I did at the Penn Writers conference this year was attend a read and critique session. It was me, five other writers, and a panel of people waiting to rip me to shreds. And it was easily the highlight of the conference. Listening to a panel of…
