Dream Big: Ripple, Marathons and Swimming the English Channel
Hello my friends! I apologize I have been so quiet, but I have been on a furious editing pace, trying to get Draft 2 of Ripple done by the end of June. Ripple is more than 450 pages long, or 122,000...
View ArticleWriter Tips: Skipping Boring Scenes
As a self-published author, or author-to-be, how do you handle the mundane and the everyday aspects of your characters’ lives? When I was crafting my first novel, I hurried the pace of the action by...
View ArticleSelf-Publishing Tips: Editing Process
My editor, Christina M. Frey, just sent me line edits for I Run, A Novel. It is completely impossible as an author not to feel humbled when reviewing, assembling and ultimately accepting or rejecting...
View ArticleUp All Night and Missing Electrons
I stayed up all night last night, or almost all night. I tried to stop working at 4 a.m., but the document I left on the big iMac followed me around as I tried to nod off. I had taken on this project...
View Article