From my first writing conference, long before I’d ever finished anything worth reading, everyone chanted the mantra, “Write the book of your heart.” The premise seems to be that if you write the book of your heart, you will connect with readers’ hearts and create a story that sells. Several years and manuscripts later, I [...]

After a lifetime of listening to others and myself complaining around February one because we failed to go to the gym regularly, stop drinking coffee, or writing at least a page a day of that manuscript that’s tugging on our hearts, I have come to the conclusion that New Year’s resolutions are the best recipe [...]