How did I do with meeting my goals this month? It looked okay at first, but if I stay at this pace throughout the year, I’ll miss my intended target by almost 48,000 words. I definitely need to up my game.
Writing
From One Writer to Another: Getting Started
What’s something you wish you had known when you were getting started writing? I made a new friend the other day. I met a lady at a church event who asked me what I did for a living. When I replied that I was a writer, she mentioned that her daughter was working on a young Read More
How I Used Song Lyrics in The Sad Girl
When I wrote The Sad Girl, there were several lines from songs that I wanted to use in the book, because they really fit the scene, or because Danny was a fan of the artist. I had to do a lot of research into how to go about using song lyrics in a manuscript, and Read More
Check Out The New Digs!
How do you like the new site? I think it’s pretty awesome, myself. I’ve been working with Barb Drozdowich since late September on revising things. I talked a good bit about why in this post back in November.
What Are Your Plans For The Year?
Near the end of 2014, I had something of an epiphany about goal-setting versus writing production. It turns out that if you set goals, you tend to make progress toward achieving those goals. That led to setting writing goals for 2015, and I think it helped me be a better and more productive writer. When Read More