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Auditioning My Novels. Pick The One You Like.

Hi friends, You know what’s fun? Editing novels you wrote last year.  You know what’s not fun? Editing nonfiction books you wrote years ago.  BUT, I am pleased to tell you that after months of on-again-off-again with my freelancing books, I have read, re-read, edited, and proofread all of eight of them, and am ready […]

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When It’s Frustratingly Slow, Just Write

Hi friends, I did it. I created a sales page for Bookish Pursuits. I didn’t want to do this at first, since membership is by application only so that I can ensure a good fit. I, and other members, get super personal and share a lot of behind-the-scenes in the group, so I need to […]

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How To Edit Your Novel

Hi friends, I forget to sleep sometimes. Like, two nights ago, I intended to sleep at midnight, and then it was 4am, and I had to take my son to school at 7am, so I slept for a couple of hours, and now it’s two days later and I’m a bit of a mess because […]

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Do You Need A Critique Group?

Hi friends, The short story showed up again, in glitter and sparkles, enticing me with a character that I’ve wanted to write for years. So, what the hell, I gave in. It’s almost finished now, so I’ll be able to focus exclusively on the novel from tomorrow.  It got me thinking, though. I don’t typically […]

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How To Write Your Book When No One’s Waiting For It

Hi friends, It happened again. Three chapters into my novel edit, a new, shiny, sexy idea for a short story appeared and instead of finishing the chapter edit, what did I do? I followed the story idea into the black of the night where, after dancing with me for a while, it abandoned me and […]

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A Season For Writing, A Season For Life

Hi friends,  Some weeks, you push, and you push hard.  Some weeks, you take it easy.  I’ve been pushing hard this year. We’ve been in lockdown again since January, what else was I going to do? But as life begins to open up, I’ve been loosening my grip on work, and making plans to head […]

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This Is A Tough Business. You’ll Need Friends

Hey everyone, When I created Bookish Pursuits, I was incredibly clear about one thing: I did not want to be the most successful writer in the room. I wanted this mastermind to be a place and a community where I not only shared and taught, but learned. I’m excellent at mindset, getting things done, spotting […]

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On Book Proposals, Travel Expenses, And Finding Readers

Hey everyone, I got the notes back on my book proposal from my British agent and the editorial director at the agency, and I’m thrilled. Other than two or three word choices, there was nothing they wanted to change. “It’s such a pleasure to work on a proposal that is already in such strong shape!” […]

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Buying Is Their Choice. Writing Is Yours.

Hey everyone, I’ve started editing my third novel, the one I finished during NaNoWriMo last year. There’s always a chance you’re going to go back to something you wrote a while ago and wonder what the hell you were thinking, why you ever thought this was a good story, and what on earth motivated you […]

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If You Have Important Stories To Tell, You’ll Need A Team

Hey everyone, Growing up, I wasn’t very good at compartmentalizing. An argument at home, a misunderstanding with a friend, an unresolved situation– all of these would become obsessive thoughts in my head and I’d be incapable of focusing on anything else until they’d been resolved. In my twenties, by which point my personal life had […]

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