Get On Track With Your Writing This Spring

Get On Track With Your Writing This Spring

Back in January, I was excited (and a bit nervous) as I launched my very first ecourse, On Track. A bunch of fantastic students signed up, and we had a brilliant six weeks: starting new projects and restarting stalled ones, working through lessons and assignments,...
Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream

Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream

Why I’m Giving Up on My Dream This isn’t a post I ever imagined I’d write. For as long as I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a  novelist. Half a lifetime ago, when I was thirteen, I started working on my first novel. (It was pretty crap, for the...
Indie Publishing: What I Learned from SXSW

Indie Publishing: What I Learned from SXSW

Indie Publishing: What I Learned from SXSW I’m back! As you might know, I was in Austin, Texas for the annual South by South West (SXSW) Interactive conference. So what did I get up to? Well, I spent a lot of time hanging out in coffee-shops and at...
Why Fiction is So Hard to Write

Why Fiction is So Hard to Write

Why Fiction is So Hard to Write I’ve been blogging for a little over three years. I’ve been writing fiction since … well, pretty much since I could write. My blog posts are read by thousands of people. Only 1% of the fiction I’ve ever written...

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