This Inspiration Friday is a meditation on an important milestone in an author's career: the first manuscript.

In this Inspiration Friday post, I talk about making peace with the fact that profitable writing involves marketing.

Behind every successful author is a backstory of effort and failure—years of it.

In this Inspiration Friday Post, I'm talking about the importance of educating yourself about the publishing industry.

This week I’m asking us to face a hard, cold truth about publishing.

In this Inspiration Friday post, I'm talking about the need for writing practice, inspired by Natalie Goldberg's WRITING DOWN THE BONES.

In this Inspiration Friday post, I'm talking about beginning again, inspired by Natalie Goldberg's WRITING DOWN THE BONES.

In this Inspiration Friday, I'm talking about the messy path of learning to write, inspired by Natalie Goldberg's WRITING DOWN THE BONES.