Category: Blog
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To Break the Fast or Not
Breakfast… the most important meal of the day. Or at least that is what I have been told all of my life. I used to not eat breakfast. I used to skip it. Didn’t feel hungry, so why eat? At least for the last 10 or so years I have made it a point to…
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Bad Advice that’s Actually Good
“Write drunk; edit sober.” It’s a quote often given attribution to Earnest Hemmingway, arguably one of the greatest writers of all time. It’s wrong. He didn’t say that. And given enough internet research, people can easily discover that this was indeed the case: Hemmingway never said it, and he never practiced it. At least he…
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How to Support the Independent Writer
I wrote most of this post 4 years ago. Not much has changed. I am still struggling to get the word out there on my books. And of course, I need help. I need your help. I bug my close friends and family a lot to buy my work. Many of you who know me…
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Changes Abound
Most of my writing life has been a series of changes and adjustments. Nothing that I do sticks. But that isn’t a bad thing. Considering that I am not making a living off of my writing, finding what works has been a challenge. Finding what works takes experimenting and changing as time goes on. More…