Innards, the other white meat. That makes no sense. Just roll with it.

In response to several people reaching out to me for writing advice, I thought I’d put together this list.Each of these requiredeliberate intent and aren’t always easy or comfortable, but I hope something here helps you avoid learning the hard way, like I tend to do.

1. Trust your instincts, guts, innards, intuition. I’ve had to makecountless decisions regarding my novel. Everythingfrom choosing not to work with certain editors anymore, to which genre to market in, to how much and whereto cut...