Hello, writers!As promised, I’m back with a quarterly newsletter. While most of you were enjoying(?) warm weather, here in Cape Town it was a blustery winter. I tend to want to hibernate in the cold, so of course I didn’t get as much done this quarte...
Hello, writers! Why yes, I did indeed fall off the face of the earth for a while. A… long while. You signed up to hear from me about the Monster Novel Structure Workbook, writing craft, and other writing-related goodness. I prom...
Hey there, writers.You joined this list on the promise that you would hear from me with regularity about writing and similar goings-on. Thank you. It’s an honor to be invited into your inbox.So, uh, the last email to this list was in February--what g...
Hey there, writers,If you're new to this list, you're probably wondering why there haven't been any new emails lately--fair! I did promise a newsletter every 2 weeks when you signed up. As those subscribed prior to November know, my Mom died the Sund...
Hi, gang.I don’t really know how to start, except to be upfront. My mother died on Sunday November 22nd. She had been fighting multiple myeloma since shortly before our big move in 2016. Her death was both anticipated and shockingly sudden. My dad an...
Hello, writers!Sorry for the delay in getting you todays’ newsletter. Things have been a bit taxing at home but I didn’t want to leave you hanging any longer than I absolutely had to.We’re now halfway through NaNoWriMo and it’s turned into me working...
Hello, writers!Are we all buckled in for Hell Month? Because that’s what November’s looking like. Between the US elections and NaNoWriMo and just--you know--the world, there’s a lot to be stressed about. Okay, BUT. Focusing on all the doom is no...
Hello, writers!My NaNo plan is in place: I’m going to pick up drafting the novel I halted back in March. I stopped because it had pandemic elements and I couldn’t bear to have that in reality and my fiction at the same time. So I put it in a drawer,...
Hello, writers!Iiiiit’s October! Which means the whole writingsphere online is considering whether or not to attempt NaNoWriMo this year. I’m a big proponent of the benefits of NaNo, and was a Municipal Liaison back in New Jersey. But I’m not sure wh...
Hello, writers!I know the world’s still a dumpster fire (in places, an actual raging fire) but I hope some business-as-usual-ness can lift your spirits.There’s a very old saying about no battle plan surviving contact with the enemy. Truer words were...
