Just Quietly Go On
What do you do when someone tells you that you can't do something? "Oh, you'll never sell anything you write. That would be a miracle. It just doesn't happen to people like us." Me? I go do it just to prove them wrong. Image via Wikipedia But easy doesn't happen to...
Feeling Overwhelmed?
Image via Wikipedia Overwhelm often stops people from writing. I know it did me. I couldn't even conceive of writing 300 pages, give or take, to get my first novel out. Just the very thought of it made me tremble, and I had incredible approach/avoidance over doing it....
A Writer’s Life
I remember when I first started with the Institute of Children's Literature back in 1997, what they told me to write in my profile was about my "writing life." I'm guessing that's what new writers are most interested in, right? What's it like to be a professional...