My Year in Books: Juvenile January

As I mentioned in this post, one of my 2018 resolutions is to read more. Specifically, to read in a wider variety of genres. More specifically, to conquer some of the unread books that have been sitting on my bookshelf for months—nay, years! To that end, I’ve divided...

My Writing Space (or, How the Owls Took Over)

Today I’ll take you on a tour of my writing space. I blogged about this last year for RMFW, but now that we’ve bought and moved into our first home, my little writing corner has expanded into an entire writing room! The basic setup hasn’t changed much. Same $20 thrift...

How to Grow Your Writing Portfolio This Year

Now that I’m between drafts on my novel-in-progress, I’m working on some short fiction. Short fiction is fun. It lets you play around with different genres and styles, and it comes with the kind of instant gratification you just don’t get with novels. But ultimately,...

Life in the Query Trenches

For authors going the traditional publishing route, like I hope to, the first step to publication is writing and revising the book. The next step is getting a literary agent—someone to help you further polish your manuscript, submit it to publishers, and negotiate a...

5 Reasons to Break Up With a Book

As I wrote in this post, one of my goals this year is to read more. For one thing, reading is a surefire way to grow and improve as a writer. For another, reading is fun. I like it. I want to do more of it. However, I’m not ashamed to say that I don’t finish every...