6 takeaways from the 2022 AWP conference
After a year pause, I attended the AWP conference in Philadelphia at the end of March. This is the big …
Category Archives: Books
Can you get rich by self-publishing?
Or course, but not likely. Want to know more about real numbers behind self-publishing? This guy does a great job …
Drumroll…catalog description for my book
Things are moving ahead. Presses everywhere are working on their fall releases (or next spring’s releases, in the case of …
The top 3 books about Patty Hearst and the SLA (+ 2 documentaries)
The Patty Hearst kidnapping by the Symbionese Liberation Army was definitely one of the most bizarre events of the 1970s. …
Reading round-up 2021
Time for my annual reading round-up! I set a modest goal this year to read 30 books. This was down …
August e-mail newsletter
(This is my newsletter that went out in August to subscribers. Get a free 7-day memoir challenge or audio story …
What works and doesn’t work in nonfiction
It’s no secret, I love nonfiction. I read a lot of nonfiction books, essays, and literary journalism. Here are some …
The beauty of persistence
Back before I had a book to my name, I would see published authors and feel this intense need/want to …
What some writers have in common with the Backstreet Boys
I heard a conversation the other day regarding the relationship between writers and their readers (aka the “audience”). And this …
Reel Bay: An innovative, creative work of nonfiction
I enjoyed this book immensely. It’s about a woman’s search to find out more about Takako Konishi, who died in …
If You Have Five Seconds to Spare 