On a dreary fall day almost ten years ago, I drove through my neighborhood to pick my kids up at the corner where the school children flooded into the neighborhood to go home. Even though we lived only four blocks from that spot, I insisted on picking them up instead of letting them walk….just an…
I’ve written news copy for more than two decades and print articles since 2005. Then in 2011 I decided to try fiction. Initially I took some novel writing classes but then got stuck and stopped. That was mistake number one. Having penned many magazine pieces I didn’t study the art of non-fiction writing and that…
When I first started writing I had no idea how important it was to build a platform. To be honest I didn’t even know what a platform was. I just thought if I started writing people would flock to my blog. Like the famous movie quote, I imagined… If I build it, they will come….
When I began the journey to become a working writer, I took a freelance writing course taught by Kathryn Fanning at the local library. Week by week, I learned from Kathryn how to study the markets, identify what topics I was qualified to write, query magazines with the article ideas, write and submit my work….
Writing about Hollywood, William Goldman famously said, “Nobody knows anything.” I feel much the same about publishing. When eBooks first broke, I repeatedly heard people say, “That will never catch on,” or “I love the feel of a real book in my hands.” Well, guess what? EBooks account for about 75% of sales in popular…
For the first time in my editing career, I walked away from a client I’d agreed to work with. He was a very nice man, loved the Lord with passion, and had unquenchable faith. I wanted to partner with him even though I knew his project would require extensive rewriting. But after the first segment…
