Revealing Ourselves: Writers Take Risks

So, I didn’t win, or even place, in Jeff’s Goins’ You Are a Writer contest.  But that doesn’t matter.  What matters is that I was one of 138 writers who publicly stood up and declared our innermost identities.  Isn’t that the most important thing?  That we claim our talents and make use of them – […]

Writers Write Down Goals: It's The Baby Steps That Get You Published

We’re just past a month and a half into 2012 today.  How are you doing in meeting your writing goals?  What’s that?  You don’t have any goals?  I know, I know.  A lot of us clean house, schedule surgery, or leave the country to avoid those things called “New Year’s Resolutions.”  Believe me, I’ve been […]

Home Again

It’s been too long since I’ve posted here.  You know how it starts.  Some problem crops up that absorbs your attention for a while, and then it is so hard to get back to what you should be doing. For me, it started when my internet provider managed to turn off my service.  Nearly every […]