On writing, living and loving

Life was crazy when we made the decision to move from a Cincinnati suburb to rural and mountainous North Central Pennsylvania. It got even ...

A wise woman (my agent) once told me to have patience. Publishing has changed, she said, and what once took four to six weeks can take mont...

Among the most difficult dilemmas I have faced since I began writing fiction is determining a genre for my first (unpublished) novel, Spring...

I was so excited to sit down at my computer when all four kids started school this fall and write. Just write. It's been six months si...

An author-friend signed with a big agency. His agent sold his novel within two months. To an indie press. Now, this particular independent p...

The Waiting Place ... ... for people just waiting. Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the ...

A fellow writer fretted loudly on an online forum the other day. She was a nervous wreck. Her agent had just told her that an editor from a ...

My God, it finally happened. I signed with an agent. And he's even a really nice guy. Roger S. Williams of Publish or Perish Agency is ...

It seems that this recession is quickly giving way to a great depression. And I'm not sure how to stop it. Today, a woman posted on a wr...

Originally published Nov. 16, 2008 Even before I started querying literary agents, the queries came pouring in from friends and family. Why ...