Reports from Idaho: Novel Revision Retreat Several participants from the Idaho Novel Revision Continue Reading
April 15, 2010
Arkansas Literary Festival Report
The Arkansas Literary Festival took place last weekend and was great fun. Literacy on the Lawn, Continue Reading
April 12, 2010
Evaluate Career, Market: Result is a New Book
Career Evaluations and Study of the Market I rarely post personal things, but good news is made to Continue Reading
February 1, 2010
Shrunken Manuscript Reveals Novel’s Strengths and Weaknesses
Shrunken Manuscript Technique Helps Visualize Problems Following my directions for shrinking, Continue Reading
December 31, 2009
Digital Versions of The Wayfinder
My novel, The Wayfinder, is now available in two different digital versions. You can still find used Continue Reading
December 1, 2009
Ebooks
Are Ebooks finally ready for Prime Time? I hated it when, about ten years ago, my local library Continue Reading
October 2, 2009
Character and Plot
I've been working on my plot this week - which means I've been working on character. I've been Continue Reading
September 28, 2009
First page: An Editor Discusses Why It is Important
First Page: So much from so few words At the AR-SCBWI fall retreat this weekend, Alexandra Continue Reading
September 17, 2009
character development
4 Stages of Character Development When you write a first draft, there are really two novels at Continue Reading