The writer’s genetic inheritance and her or his experiences shape the writer into a unique individual, and it is this uniqueness that is the writer’s only stuff for sale. —James Gunn Everything that happens to you is material. (Heck, everything that happens to anyone who you remotely know or whose conversation you’ve overheard is material!)...Read More

Is it any wonder I’m not a criminal? … I’ve got too much time on my hands. -Styx Yeah, you know who you are. You’re not bored, exactly. It’s just that with too much time on your hands, you tend to get in trouble. Right? Maybe you cyber stalk your ex, shop too much, or...Read More

Writing is its own reward. —Henry Miller Have you seen my dining room table? Yeah, neither have I. Sometime after school started, it became buried under school forms, mail, library books, and CDs. At dinner time, we usually push the junk to one side of the table to make room for our plates. But the...Read More

Welcome writers! We are counting down to the launch of my new book, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (And Live to Tell About It). Why write-a-thon? Because:   1. Deadlines work. 2. It’s cheaper than therapy. 3. You have something to say. 4. We need to hear your story. And today’s reason: 5....Read More

  We are counting down to the launch of my new book, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (And Live to Tell About It). Why write-a-thon? Because we need to hear your story. A few weeks ago, there was a picture making it’s way around Facebook. In it, a woman was hugging the words on a...Read More

We are counting down to the launch of my new book, Write-A-Thon with a series of blog posts on “Why Write-A-Thon?” Why would anybody do something so insane as attempting to write a book in less than a month? Today’s reason features an excerpt from Write-A-Thon: You have something to say Why Write-A-Thon? You have...Read More

We’re counting down the reasons to participate in a write-a-thon as we count down to the release of my new book, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days (And Live to Tell About It). Reason #2: Writing is cheaper than therapy! The pen is mightier than the sword. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton You’ve no doubt heard...Read More

I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation. —Harry Shearer The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. —Ken MacLeod Today we begin the countdown to the launch of my new book, Write-A-Thon: Write Your Book in 26 Days...Read More

Welcome writer Martin King! He is stopping by Write Now! Coach as a part of his #100blogfest—where he is blogging about his childhood at 100 different blogs in August. Do the math, writers: 100 posts at 100 blogs equals about 3 blog posts a day. What a great idea and challenge! That sounds like a...Read More

You’ve heard about NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month, when novelists buckle down and write like crazy to complete a 50,000-word novel in 30 days. Some of you have even heard about Script Frenzy—where writers give up frolicking in April’s spring showers to write a script. But have you heard of NaPiBoWriWee? National Picture Book Writing Week, held May...Read More