Usually, I start each day with a little warmup writing before working on my current book. I come here to share something I care about and after posting, maybe get a little exercise in before hitting the big project (which is currently a YA novel). But yesterday I flipped the order around and dove right…
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Memoirs by Men: Not Much Demand
When I first started sending copies of my memoir to agents, I received a lot of positive feedback, but there was a consistent message coming back to me. The start of the conversation usually went something like this: “we like your writing, but, you’re a man writing a memoir. That’s the least popular type of…
Is Anyone Just About the Writing Anymore?
Growing up, my dad used to warn me that if I wanted to be a writer, I better be prepared to be broke. That the life of a writer requires a lifetime of eating Ramen noodles and smoking cigarettes, and if I had any other life plans that required money, I would need to put…