There’s an app for that: Just launched my first app baby
Hello my beautiful writer friends… I’m writing to you from a beautiful rainy spring day in upstate New York. When you live in L.A. and the sun bakes down on you pretty much all day every day, rain is especially BEAUTIFUL. I’ve been on the East Coast for a...
You are still invited
After Your Big Beautiful Book Plan Telecourse kicked off last week, I started getting messages asking: “I couldn’t make it, are you going to do this again?” or “I didn’t sign up, but can I still get in?” Which is why I want you to...
Tortured by the words?
“Part of the problem is that you’re weird and you know it. Whatever made you talented as a kid also served to make you a bit odd.” ~Sam Bennett Sound familiar? Feel more than a little accurate? I spent bits of the weekend trying to explain to my...
Writing with Scissors
If you’re like me, you laughed and did a double take when you first saw the title of Augusten Burroughs’ memoir Running with Scissors. Talk about a catchy visual and name. Who could not pick that book up when strolling through the aisles in Barnes &...
It’s Your Book: It’s Okay to Want What You Want
Ever daydream of bidding wars, big publishing advance checks and royalties, or of even just receiving enthusiastic emails in your inbox from your editor in New York saying she’s riveted by the chapters you’ve sent and she couldn’t be happier to have...
Huh?! Conflicting Publishing Advice + Bidding Wars
A client of mine just got a very disappointing rejection letter from an editor at a top publishing house–a woman her agent was certain would love her book. Everyone had reason to at least start chilling the champagne glasses. The editor is passionate about the...
Beginnings, Middles, and Ends…
I always seem to be reading lately. Thank God!… a blessed byproduct of taking on fewer deadlines and trying to quench my thirst after years of reading predominately for clients + research. Which was a pleasure, too, but so much more structured than just picking...
Ever wonder: Will anyone ever show me the money?
Aaahhhhhh… the money thing. A fellow blogger emailed with an SOS. Feeling exhausted and time-pressured, she was looking for assurance that her long-term commitment to her life’s work would someday—hopefully soon—amount to something lucrative. She wondered if perhaps...
This Shit Writes Itself!
This graphic just made me laugh out loud. Think of it—Shakespeare actually saying something so damn funny. But you know what? After being on a long writing jag of my own, I have no doubt he uttered this statement. Exactly. I can see William—Bill—now, rockin’ back in...
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