Rejection sucks.  Everyone knows that.  But as writers, we’re used to it, right?  I know I’ve had my share—from my first ever critique par...

Welcome to Day 24 of the 2012 A to Z Challenge X is for X-factor:  the [unknown] variable; the value that may change within the scope of ...

Being a writer is a tough gig.   There’s very little payback and we generally work alone.   Yes, it’s true, this new age of blogging has a...

Wahoo! I'm a finalist in Deana Barnhart’s Gearin' Up To Get an Agent Query Critique Contest I'm very excited, though I reali...

Okay Friends, Followers and Readers extraordinaire, I am participating in week 3 of Deana Barnhart’s Gearin Up to Get an Agent Blogfest ....

             Well I’ve been gone for awhile.   I took the first of three summer vacations.   Just a quick visit with the parents; long enoug...

             While watching the Today Show this morning, I saw a story about mid-life crisis.   My attention was instantly glued to the tu...

           As many of you already know by my near-constant complaining about how demoralizing I find the road to publication to be (sorry ab...

            A couple days ago, Jim McCarthy, an agent with Dystel & Goderich Literary Management, asked a question in his blog post :  ...

It has been a couple of weeks since I last sat down to write a blog post.    I promised myself I would try to post at least once a week, bu...

            First, an update:  Last December, I had a referral from my friend to her literary agent.  Respectfully obliging her client, the...

            Before I get into my next post, I should say that I have spent the last four days deliberating whether or not I should remove m...