I came across the phrase people who love the interior world a while ago. I love this – it completely explains where I find myself right...

It turns out that writing as meditation is no easier with a cold than regular writing. Brain fog is brain fog. But it cleared,...

I watched a murder of crows congregate in a spruce tree across the street, cawing to call others to join them. Another group cawed back...

I’ve hired an editing coach. I’m learning to look at story in a totally new way. I’ve worked with editors at publishing houses, but it’s...

I’ve been working with an editor (thanks to Wordfest for two free sessions, and the introduction to Caralee). I’m working my way through...

I was given the greatest gift for a writer, time and solitude. I spent two nights in Canmore in a condo, courtesy of a brother- and...

I had a great writing day earlier this week. I’ve been editing a novel manuscript and on Tuesday, I saw exactly what needed to be done to...

I want stories that pull me in and hold me until the very end when I cry, “Oh, I don’t want it to be over.” So how do I write that way?...

I’m struggling to write 1000 new words a day. I fail, almost entirely, on weekends and holidays. And I think I’ll let that be okay – a...

I’m really messing with my own head. After reading the manuscript backwards, I’m now reading it out loud. All 200 pages. Reading out loud...

Once again, I’m reading a manuscript backwards. Well, to be precise, I’m reading the chapters in reverse order. It’s a technique...

I’m at that odd place of having completed a story, at least in its general form; I’ve edited it as far as I can; and I’m not sure where...

I just spent an hour on the phone with my editor, doing one more round with the page proofs for The Veil Weavers. I had a digital version...

All the corrections for the page proofs are in the mail. Now I’m really almost totally done editing The Veil Weavers. There will be the...

I’m pouring over the page proofs for The Veil Weavers, making sure every detail is correct. It’s shocking how much still needs correcting...

My editor found another error in The Veil Weavers. She called last night, concerned about a chapter opening near the end of the story....

I’ve just finished another round of editing for The Veil Weavers, and my brain is fried. Following Art Slade’s suggestion, part of my...

We have a title: the third in the Veil of Magic series has been named The Veil Weavers, following The Nexus Ring, and Crow Boy. I’ve...

I’m supposed to be editing, but I’ve had no brain for it. I’ve been pulled in a million directions – summer and family and renovations...

I took the manuscript for the third in the Veil of Magic series with me on our trip into the mountains, to check on details before we...