I Kill the Mockingbird and Spill a Secret

Psst! I have a secret. Lean close so I can whisper it in your ear. I still don’t quite understand the lines between Middle Grade and Young Adult, which is bad because I’m writing one of them. I think. But more about that in a minute. The Pleasure of Browsing A few days ago, IContinue reading “I Kill the Mockingbird and Spill a Secret”

Poetry News

Hello friends in the blogosphere! I’m still recovering from my five blog posts in five days last week. Whew! It was fun but also a lot of work, and as I said in Tip #10, even blogging can be a form of procrastination. So this week I’m focusing on my novel draft and keeping thingsContinue reading “Poetry News”

10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 5 – No More Excuses

Tip #10: Get Back to Work The word procrastination brings to mind Big Bang Theory reruns and Facebook updates and online shopping and suddenly needing to reorganize the spice cabinet. But these are just the gumballs in a whole candy store of procrastination techniques. Procrastination can be anything. Anything that keeps you from writing whatContinue reading “10 Writing Tips in 5 Days: Day 5 – No More Excuses”