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January has arrived.  Where I live in North Carolina, we’ve had many more cloudy days than sunny ones.  It’s cold, and it gets dark early.  Not to mention, we’ve already had one minor coat

It’s finally happened.  You’ve reached the point where your manuscript is ready.  The nebulous idea in your mind has solidified and transformed as a result of hard work into the words of a dr

I keep bodies in my house.  Before you run to call the police or the FBI, let me clarify that I mean the bodies of the manuscripts I’ve written that have died a natural death. It can take years

Writing can be hard.  Really hard.  Sometimes, you want to give up because your plot isn’t working or your characters don’t have the spark required for a good conflict. That happened to me.Â

Ah, the New Year has passed.  2015 has pounced, and now, it’s time to put a bunch of resolutions into place, right?  My joke has always been that I resolve to have no resolutions.  Why? I brea