Hello, writers!It both feels like it’s still March 2020 and also the year 2043, what is time? And yet, time seems to be relentlessly moving forward because we are now just under 2 full months before NaNoWriMo!If you haven’t heard of it before, Novemb...
Hello, writers!Let’s talk mental health. Because mine took a dip this month. Not a debilitating dip, but the kind of dip that makes it hard to find motivation to do things. Some six months into pandemic life, and all the other haywire stuff goin...
Hello, writers!I hope everybody’s coping with, you know, everything, as well as can be expected. If you’re not that’s okay, too. We don’t have to be superheroes all day, every day. It’s been a while since I’ve posted one of my Tech Support entri...
Hello, writers!Time is a funny thing. Sometimes it rushes past you, and sometimes it stagnates unbearably. For instance, today is March 304th and somehow also July 27th?! Ridiculous. It’s not quite two years since I published The Monster Novel S...
Hello, writers!It’s been a weird week. I got badly “glutened” last Sunday night from an unknown source and only started to really feel like myself again on Saturday. That plus some massive storms, power outages (planned and unplanned), lots of extra...
Hello writers,The world is still a fraught, tense place. While there’ve been some wins, there have also been major steps backward. In light of everything going on, it feels really strange to try to bring you an ordinary writing-related newsletter.The...
Hey there, writers.I promised you another email on Thursday, which I messed up. (Never draft in something that won’t save automatically!) It took me longer to piece it back together because, frankly, I wasn’t sure how to walk this line. I’m going to...
Dear writers,As I draft this email, multiple American cities are burning. You may have Opinions on this. Today let's address a popular tidbit of advice about being an author on social media.The advice goes, "STAY ON BRAND. Don't get political!" ...
Happy Monday, writers!When I moved back to South Africa, I left behind an amazing in-person writing group. (It's still going.) We wound up settling in a rural coastal town, and that's made it really hard to have an in-person writing community. B...
Hey there writers,Good news! The print-at-home PDF of The Monster Novel Structure Workbook is now available! This file is available for a limited time, just until things globally clear up a print edition becomes more viable. If you've already purchas...
