How to Write a Book in 5 Not-So-Easy Steps

Seasoned writers and newbies alike are always looking for easier ways to write a novel. Well, I’m here today to share my method…and I don’t recommend it. Really. Don’t do this. Step 1: “What if I Can’t Do This Again?” Procrastination via GIPHY My least favorite part...

Writing with a Cast

In high school and early college, I used to fill notebook upon notebook with my writing, but it has been a long, long time since I wrote a book longhand. But since I have plans to self-publish in February, I have to get the last little bit of this book done and off to...

Update

Hi, all. I’ve been getting some questions about my next release(s), so I wanted to pop in and let you know what’s going on. Last week, in my infinite clumsiness, I slipped in the driveway while taking out the trash and broke my wrist. I’m having surgery...

Author Life Reboot: Goals

In my last Reboot post I mentioned how I’d had no plan and no goals for my writing career other than to be a New York Times Bestseller. Well, this year I’m changing that. I read somewhere— in some self-help book or another— that people who write down their...

Author Life Reboot

Man, this gig is hard. All those years I spent dreaming of writing full-time, I had no idea just how hard it is. When I sold my first book, I plunged in head-first without a plan and without any particular goals. I just wrote and sold some books and made money. I do...