

- Dec 8, 2014
- 4 min
Hook, Line, and Sinker: How to Grab Your Readers with a Great First Sentence
Authors hear it all the time: your first sentence must be great. No pressure, right? It may be a bit of an overstatement to say that your...


- Nov 24, 2014
- 4 min
Don't Be a One-Draft Wonder
“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.” ― Shannon...


- Nov 17, 2014
- 2 min
Come Down From that Tree (and write YOUR book)
Einstein has been quoted as saying, “Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its...