During the course of my writing career, I have gained something more important than awards, more faithful than editors, more vital than computers. I have built my community of writers. There are many things important to a writing career: talent, discipline, desire, stubbornness. We need an education in how to put our stories together, whether [...]

I’ve been in this business over twenty years. I don’t admit that to just anyone, mind. But I know you won’t tell anybody. To be perfectly frank, while I have spent my time doing careful research on the market and trying my best to keep up, things have recently sped right by me like a [...]

It seems that reinvention is quite the topic of the day. I know I’m not the only one who is heading off into a different direction.  I’m certainly not the only one who found herself tumbled by the industry like a shoe in a dryer. Fortunately, I already had a lot of practice changing directions [...]