New Book Update: How Potato Chip Chapters Made My Novel Leaner


In January, I returned to working on the actual manuscript of my novel. [In previous posts, I reviewed how I added new scene cards to my novel and used a Word table to restructure the novel at the level of those scenes.] As I added scenes featuring Kat, my new POV character, I read the … More New Book Update: How Potato Chip Chapters Made My Novel Leaner

What Must We Be in Want Of? Guest Post by Cia McAlarney


When Cia McAlarney, one of my coaching clients, shifted a Jane Austen quote to reflect our current obsession with electronics and what it does to us as writers, I knew I wanted to feature her insights on the topic in this guest post. Cia is editor of the Riverdale Hamlet Hub, an online news service. … More What Must We Be in Want Of? Guest Post by Cia McAlarney