I just found out that one of my early writer clients just got picked up by a small press for his novel, a police procedural set in San Bernardino County in the early 1970s. While I am focusing on nonfiction nowadays, I couldn't be happier for him.
Read MoreWhen you first start out your memoir or other nonfiction project, you have in mind a goal, maybe simply to write your story. But that is not what happens.
Read MoreI already have a hard copy. And so can you!
Read MoreI wrote an intro and a chapter for this new anthology, THE ANATOMY OF A BOOK. I also co-edited it. It will be published on Tuesday, but you can preorder it now.
Read MoreIf you can worry, you can imagine. If you can believe in a lie, you can believe in a truth. If you have a problem, you can seek out someone's solution.
Read MoreWhen you’re writing your story—whether it’s YOUR story or a fictional story, a historical story or the story of your own readers’ particular struggle—you MUST know that the main character you’re writing about begins in a chaos of lies.
Read MoreSome writers are falling for a myth that advises not to get their work professionally edited before securing a book deal (let alone before finding an agent who excitedly says yes to their query).
Read MoreDon’t know where to start? Start where you are—at the end—and work your way back. The voices, the words, the images, are already there waiting for you, which means there are more to unearth.
Read MoreI am scaling my editing/publishing business, and as I do so, I'd love to hear from you about where you're at in your process and what challenges you are facing, so that I can better serve you or people like you.
Read MoreRefer someone to me, and you will automatically be rewarded 10% of the amount they pay me when they sign on.
Read MoreIf you have a manuscript that is a bit tricky, be it genre-bending or pushing the envelope, know this: You gotta know the rules before you break them.
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