I've been doing quite a bit of reading lately. Because I haven't been writing. Well, that is, I haven't been drafting a story. I...

I think about it often. What makes a person tell a friend, "You HAVE to read this book." We all know word-of-mouth is the best...

Let's face it, publishing teaches you a lot of things. Life isn't always fair. It is impossible to please everyone. Success is a...

This morning Rolling Stone   Magazine tweeted out their cover story on Taylor Swift, titled The Reinvention of Taylor Swift. Sorry to tho...

Lately I've been trying to update the blog every Monday. And here it is...Wednesday. Gah! It's back-to-school week around here, so t...

Gah, I should have mentioned this earlier. But there's still time to enter, so if you are a teen and you like writing, this contest is f...

I get a lot of emails from kids and teens asking about writing a novel. They often say that they start out excited, but then they get writer...