I have an embarrassing nerd confession: whenever summer rolled around, I started to feel breathless excitement. Was it over the prospect of swimming in the pool for hours? Nope. Did I mark down the days to our family vacation? Not really. Did I eagerly listen for the sound of "Pop Goes the Weasel" from the…
We discuss the difference between ghostwriting and developmental editing.
Dear You (yes, YOU!),I know you may be staring at a screen or looking down at a notebook, unable to write. You probably have a million thoughts swirling through your head. I am not good enough to do this. I can't show this to anyone; it is terrible. I haven't planned enough to get started. Who…
Like many of my stories, this one begins with a pop culture joke.My husband and I climbed into an Uber after seeing the New York City Ballet at the Kennedy Center. We joked with the driver that we were afraid he wouldn't find us because the GPS had us located in the water. I said,…
When my best friend and her fiance went to see Wonder Woman, I was really excited to hear their thoughts. In particular, her fiance loves to write little reviews on Facebook. When I scrolled over to his review, he criticized the film. His biggest beef was that there was too much talking and not enough…
We discuss how we get the feedback we need. What do you look for in your critiques? Tell me in the comments!
In The Artist's Way, Julia Cameron talks about the importance of going on artist's dates. An artist's date is when you take yourself out on a date to get inspiration for your writing. You are supposed to go alone, but I really don't follow that rule (I spend so much time alone for my job…
We discuss what we are reading! What are you reading? Tell me in the comments below!
Spoiler Warning: This post contains spoilers for Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.I remember the day I bought the book. It was a rainy summer day in Cape Cod, and my family did what we always do when the weather fails us on a beach vacation: we went to a…