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May 25, 2021 2 Comments

Do you view your writing life as a profession?

I watched the professor of my advanced poetry class open the lid of a metal box crammed with 3x5 cards. He wiggled out one of the worn cards covered with notes and held it up.  On this card was the title of one of his poems along with the date of the latest version. Below that he had written names of literary magazines where he’d submitted that poem, followed by … [Read more...]

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May 9, 2021 Leave a Comment

It’s fun to write with others!

Three happy people jumping.

About seven years ago, I partnered with Charity Singleton Craig to co-author On Being a Writer. While working on the draft, we often pulled up one of our shared Google Docs to review our drafts and notes in real time. In this way, we wove together our stories and experiences with relative ease. If we had a grade school report card at the end of the project, the … [Read more...]

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March 29, 2021 1 Comment

Develop a Daily Writing Practice to Find Your Voice: Interview with Allison Fallon

I listened to Allison Fallon's The Power of Writing It Down while jogging through my neighborhood. Those weren't my best runs, because I kept pulling out my phone to thumb-type a great quote before picking up the pace again. And yet they were fantastic runs, because Allison's words inspired me to re-establish a daily journaling practice. On that first outing—with … [Read more...]

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February 13, 2021 Leave a Comment

Shawn Smucker & Maile Silva on creative legacy, rejections, and being faithful to the work

Shawn Smucker and Maile Silva hugging each other

[Ep 234] On this episode of the podcast, I hosted two novelists: Shawn Smucker and his wife, Maile Silva, for a literary discussion. Imagine you're at a writing conference and we're on stage to discuss the challenges they face as two writers at different points in the writing journey, living and working and raising a family together. How do they offer support and … [Read more...]

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January 12, 2021 Leave a Comment

Winning Book Proposals Need These 3 Things

When you seek traditional publishing for your nonfiction book, you don’t just write the book and send it off. Instead, you craft what’s called a book proposal—an essential business document expected by publishing professionals like agents and editors. With this document, you’re hoping to attract the attention and interest of industry gatekeepers so they’ll partner … [Read more...]

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December 21, 2020 Leave a Comment

Resolved to Write a Nonfiction Book This Year? Let’s Do the Math!

If one of your New Year’s resolutions is to write a book in the year ahead, you’re going to have to do several things. One of those things you’ll have to do is...some math. But don’t worry—I’ve got a calculator! We’ll do the math together to determine the number of words you need to write each day to complete your book in the year ahead. I think you’ll be pleasantly … [Read more...]

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December 11, 2020 5 Comments

How to Structure Your Nonfiction Book

[231] You're tackling a non-fiction book and you're making progress. You're doing research, you're writing, and now you're staring at all those ideas. Your book needs form. It needs organization. It needs...structure. But how do you land on the best structure? How do you create it, craft it, build it? While there's no one standard way to organize your … [Read more...]

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November 16, 2020 6 Comments

How Do You Read Like a Writer?

You're a writer, so you write. But do you read? Silly question, I know, because of course you read. A better question is how do you read? Do you read like a writer? There are ways writers can read that can be both inspiring and instructive, and that's what we're going to cover today, so you can see how reading, as Stephen King says, can serve as your  "creative … [Read more...]

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November 2, 2020 Leave a Comment

5 Writing Strengths You Need to Succeed

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You want to start out strong as a writer and succeed at your work. A lot of different strengths are at play to keep us at the keyboard or page, and the good news is—you may already have some of these strengths. If not, you can develop them over time. And some of them may surprise you. Let's look at five strengths you need to succeed as a … [Read more...]

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September 6, 2020 4 Comments

Affordable Training for Writers to Improve Their Craft

When I was young, I constantly looked for ways to improve as a writer.  I loved the idea of attending conferences and considered applying to an MFA program, but funds were low and time was scarce.  I needed accessible, affordable training. At the time, online courses and coaches weren't available, so I turned to a resource that continues to serve writers … [Read more...]

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August 17, 2020 Leave a Comment

Validate Your Idea to Produce Your Best Project (Back to Basics)

[Ep 228] You have an idea for your next writing project. That's great! Before you get too far—before you write too much—you need to be sure this idea is going to fly with your audience. You need to validate it so you move forward with a concept that, depending on your purpose, will truly resonate, connect, teach, persuade, inform, or entertain. Let's look … [Read more...]

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July 16, 2020 Leave a Comment

Back to Basics: 6 Methods to Right-Size Your Next Writing Project

[Ep 227] Have you ever written a blog post and found it's growing too big and unwieldy? Or you set out to develop a book only to realize you don't have enough material to fill a 45K- or 50K-word manuscript?  If so, you're struggling with Goldilocks Syndrome: your idea is too big or too small for the project’s purpose and the way it’ll be published or shared … [Read more...]

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June 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Back to Basics: Generate Ideas to Find What You Have to Say

[Ep 226] With my Back to Basics series, I'm providing tools you can apply to your next project in hopes it will make the writing process easier and the final product stronger than ever—so you can make an impact. Last time, we started by identifying a project's high-level elements—its Topic, Audience, Purpose, and Medium. After that, you can focus on the message of … [Read more...]

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May 12, 2020 2 Comments

Ep 225: Improve Your Writing by Getting Back to Basics

[Ep 225] You’re inspired. An idea seizes you and before the energy fizzles, you whip out a laptop, open a new document, and slam out words. Get it down fast—start writing and discover along the way what you want to say. I support this approach! Capture the core idea while your creativity sizzles—before your vision fades! At some point, however, you need to take a … [Read more...]

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April 15, 2020 6 Comments

Ep 224: Find What You Need and Write What You Can

[Ep 224] At the close of a brilliant blue-sky summer-warm April afternoon, a heavy thunderstorm swept across my state, pelting us with hail and hurtling branches across yards. We stared in awe at Zeus-explosive lightning strikes that flashed and boomed, backlighting trees that swayed like storm-tossed ship masts, nearly snapping. After a series of mighty … [Read more...]

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