I have never been super great at living in the present. Doing the whole "live in the moment" kind of thing. My mind is always thin...

We all have those days. So many things can zap your motivation. Maybe you got five hours of sleep. Maybe its a gorgeous day outside. Maybe...

Life, like the day to day of it, can be distorted and weirdified (yes, that's a word) in so many ways. I feel like that's been my li...

Please forgive the radio silence the past couple days. My excuse is that I have been at the Las Vegas Writers Conference and I had no idea h...

Have you ever used Meetup.com ? I wanted to highlight this tool today because I think its one that often goes vastly underrated for us wri...

We talk a lot about general social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube. They are very, very valuable because we wa...

Here's what happens in my dreams: In the next year or two, I get an agent and a contract with a major publisher, and my book instantl...

We as modern writers have a lot of wide-ranging things on our list of responsibilities. We pitch to editors, interact on social media, bl...

Today I thought I'd just brainstorm some simple and practical things writers can do to make their lives a little easier. 1. Keep a cop...

I think in every area of our lives we have natural ebbs and flows. Some days we just wake up rested, the words come easy, or we're jus...

It's been a bit of a hectic week. I spent basically the entire weekend dealing with computer issues. My computer was so infected by vi...

I just got off a Skype call involving my roommate and our college friend living elsewhere in the country. ("So in other words, becomi...

There are just so many cool things in this world. There are beautiful pictures and paintings and novels that make you cry and novels that ...

I've come to a helpful but uncomfortable realization. I love lists. Huge list fan. I make them all the time, and in all sorts of pla...

First of all, can I just say how freaking excited I am that it's December? December has all the best things. Big coats, twinkle lights...

So, my mind works best when I divide things up into smaller chunks. My brain likes categories and lists. I think probably most people func...

I've been thinking quite a bit about weakness lately. We all have things that are naturally harder for us than other things, but som...

I feel like I'm about to sound like a children's show host, but here goes. I've learned a very important lesson lately about a...

Has the heat been wearing on everyone else as much as it has me? Heat is not my favorite. And humidity is not fun for straight-haired people...

Guys, it's one of those times. I know the key is persistence, and that hard work will eventually bring you sure success. I believe tha...