Archive - You CAN write a book!

When You Don’t Want to Read Anything

Reader’s Block Is Real, and I Don’t Like It

Jul 3 •

June 2025

The Adverb Intervention: How to Cut the Fluff Without Losing the Voice

Because sometimes your “very suddenly” is just too much.

Jun 25 •

Can You Share With Me Why You’re Here?

A quick reader poll

Jun 18 •

One Small Fix (a.k.a. why I finally let the butter soften)

And the eggs come to room temperature!

Jun 11 •

Pixie Dust & Publishing: Why Hard Work Isn’t Always Enough (and What To Do About It)

Let’s start with a brutal truth: getting a literary agent is hard.

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Is Your Pacing Off or Is Your Novel Just Bored?

This is important. It might solve your problems.

May 29 •

Van Gogh Didn’t Start with Starry Night

or, how imitating other artists helped Van Gogh (and can help you) find your true creative voice

May 19 •

April 2025

Short Attention Spans Are Reshaping Fiction. Here’s How to Write Smarter, Not Shorter

Outswim the Goldfish

Apr 30 •

Books Are Dead (Except They're Not!)

Filed under: “Rumors of my demise…”

Apr 25 •

It’s My Birthday, But YOU Get the Present (And It’s a Big One)

aka the one where I give away a $3,500 coaching package because cake makes me generous

Apr 15 •

Welcome to the Book Graveyard

(Where Unfinished Manuscripts Go to Die)

Apr 11 •

Is This Chapter a Hot Mess or Just Misunderstood?

Why you might need a set of eyes that don't belong to your cat.

Apr 3 •

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