The book blurb is has to whisper, seduce, threaten, reassure, and gently shove a stranger toward a purchase. In this episode we explore how you can possibly summarize your entire 90,000-word masterpiece in under 200 words, without panicking.

Squint past the silly tights and soliloquies, and you’ll see the Bard is all about suspense: murder, betrayal, ambition. In this episode we'll look at how you can channel Shakespeare to get all the tension without the tights.

Here is a draft-to-disaster recovery plan to help you take a first draft of confused syntax and unnecessary sentences, and turn it into the story you meant to write.

Self-publishing is a legitimate career path. One you can say out loud at family gatherings without getting any weird side eye. Still, the myths persist. So let’s stroll through the forest of misinformation and gently set eight of the worst myths on fire.

In this episode I'll share what I learned through perseverance (and the sort of stubbornness generally reserved for mules and evangelists of cryptocurrency).

In this episode we identify mistakes so many of us make, like the misguided belief that a first draft should be good, and look at ways to avoid early pitfalls.

Self-publishing is both thrilling and alarmingly easy to careen straight into the algorithmic abyss with your shoelaces tied together. Here are 10 lessons I learned the hard way.

Here are 9 things I learned about making readers care about someone else’s discomfort, some excellent lessons for writing fiction.

In this episode we'll look at some mines to avoid stepping on if you want to hook readers before they ghost you.

The second episode of a 2-part series on plotting your novel, from midpoint to mayhem. How not to drop the ball just when it starts getting good.