Words to live by…

First drafts are always horrible and ugly. Don’t worry about that – it’s the same for everyone. Just remember that the first draft is as bad as the book is ever going to be, and if you keep redrafting, one day you will look at your horrible book and...

Becoming a Writer

  “Becoming a writer” assumes the seed to being a writer was never present in the first place. Since the age of sixteen, I’d written stories but it wasn’t until my late 30’s when there was no longer a choice but to be a writer. I could no longer...