Now when someone tells me I have no class, I have an answer for them.  I start a copyediting certificate program tomorrow.  First class is a grammar lab, which I’m sure will be helpful. I’ve been thinking about getting into the editing side of the business for some time.  I’ve daydreamed about sponsoring an anthology, […]

We are given advice in all aspects of our lives.  Career advice, life advice, marriage advice, writing advice—everyone has an opinion and most are willing to share it.  How much of that advice do you follow?  Any of it worth listening to, or repeating? I have found one piece of advice to be useful in […]

When does the story make up for the writing, or vice versa?  This question comes to my mind sometimes when I am critiquing other writers.  Hopefully, published writing has passed this hurdle in the editing process (but not always).  One author may have an intriguing story line that really piques my interest, but the writing […]

I recently attended a local writers meeting and I was asked if I outline.  A few years ago, my answer would have been a definite no.  When I started writing, I had no idea how to go about doing it, so I just wrote.  I definitely started out as a seat-of-the-pants writer.  The story was […]

You gotta love writing.  It is like a passionate embrace from a total stranger, one who gets you, or at least is beholding to you for their existence, which may be even better.  So that would mean that writing can be compared to the love of a child.  Your characters—your stories really—are your children. So […]