A lot of writers I meet talk about how they aren't sure they can write because they have ADHD, dyslexia, or various other learning disorders, neurological conditions, or other such difficulties that impact their ability to write. With that in mind, I thought I'd write about how I do it because I am neurodivergent and...Read More

This week I wanted to talk about something more writery (it's a word now, hush) than just regaling you with tidbits about my setting. Instead, I kind of wanted to discuss what it was like having my work edited by another professional editor. In case you've never had it done before, this is what it's...Read More

From a purely dollars-and-cents point of view, the math just doesn't add up for a publisher to steal your book and try and cut you out of the deal. The amount we have to invest into every book we launch means that, before we could rake in that sweet, sweet, illicit dough, we'd have to...Read More

There are definitely stupid questions. "Where are my sunglasses?" when I'm wearing them is a stupid question. However, when it comes to writing there are fewer "stupid questions" than we'd think.Read More

I don't think writer's block exists in the format many people ascribe to. We can hit dry spells or periods in our life where writing becomes difficult. That's real, but the problem isn't this ephemeral idea of writer's block.Read More

I am five drafts into this novel. Five. I finished it during NaNoWriMo in 2014, did a bunch of polishing and then set it aside for a year. Now I'm looking at it yet again, and I keep running into errors that make me want to scream, throw in my writing towel, and take up...Read More

I almost titled this as “how to handle difficult clients”, but I thought for a minute and realized the techniques aren’t so different. Also, the differences between “difficult clients” and “difficult editors” (you can replace it with publisher, beta reader, coworker…) are minimal. In your career you will run into difficult people. I would even...Read More

Owing to a recent event I witnessed where a writer claimed to be an editor and author with Random House (and very much wasn’t), I thought it prudent to share my thoughts on the subject. The sad thing is that this incident isn’t isolated. I can’t count the number of people I’ve come across who...Read More

Since this is what I’ve been doing lately I figured I’d write another blog about it, but this one is going to be more technical. The first thing I want to tell you – something I learned the hard way – is that typesetting for print and for ebook are 100% different. No joke. If...Read More

This is mostly for the self-pub crowd, so if you are planning on trad. publishing then this will maybe be interesting, but it won’t be as important to you as it is to folks who are doing this on their own. Typesetting is one of the most overlooked bits to putting a book together. Everyone...Read More