One of my favorite things about living in DC was the annual Library of Congress’ book festival. I found out about it early on in my years living there, and after I did, I never missed it. And I knew it was going to be one of the main things…
I’m working on a new novel, but also working on it through a new technique (new for me). I’ve been more of a “pantser” when it comes to writing, at least after sketching out my characters and details about their lives. It’s just worked for me when a story happens…
With the holiday weekend over, there have been quite a few posts online about the end of summer, the changing of the seasons, etc. This is of course despite the fact that the official day of fall has yet to pass (anyone going to try standing an egg on its…
In a book this past weekend, I came upon another reference to Thomas Edison and the light bulb (or as some tell the story, a battery). The story is that while he was working on finding the correct conductor, he went through many, many ways that did not work. But…
Inspiration strikes at the strangest times. Like 2am. I woke up last night – at 2am – thinking about a new story idea. I thought about it and first thought “you know…this can wait until morning to write down.” And then I continued to lay there, wondering how many ideas…
I came across this post on Writer’s Digest earlier: How to Start a Book Project. Sounds like kind of a daunting prospect, right? But what the article promotes is setting little deadlines, little goals, to get a book project off the ground. Because writing a book in say, a year,…