
To Plodding!
I just had a conversation with another author that might encourage you: Me: How is the writing? Him: Slow but steady. Me: Slow and steady finishes books. Remember, you are building muscles like you would if you were training in a marathon. At first you'll ache all over and feel like you'll die after a mile. Eventually you won't even bat an eye at doing a 13-mile run in writing. Just keep going. :) Him: It feels like dying. Plodding through the first 100 yards. Many muscles to

Understanding the Book Industry Lingo
I've been neck deep in the book business for a handful of years now, not just a hobbist, but a honest-to-goodness full-out pursuit of understanding how to write well, how to publish books well, and how to sell the dang things once they are published! Even after the thousands of hours of dedicated research and practice, I still find that I run across words and terms in the book industry that I just don't know. The following list is by no means exhaustive, but it is incredibly

The 5th Grade Gets Interesting
This week, I had the privilege of sharing why writing is important to four classes of 5th graders at the Wilder Elementary School in Littleton, CO. These little movers and shakers will have such stories to tell in days to come! I was "wildly" impressed with their vision to share their thoughts, ideas, dreams, and stories through the written word! #PublicSpeaking #writing

Tips from a First-Timer to a Writer's Conference
I've always been a writer. It has been only in the last year, however, that I've been taking the gift/job/calling to write seriously. Currently, I'm in the extraordinary position of being paid to write a book (which will hopefully be due out later this year or early 2015). Being a first-time author though, I was in this place where "I knew I didn't know" but I wasn't quite sure what I didn't know. You know? It is that horrible place of knowing you are ignorant of critical inf