It drives me nuts when websites need a writer, but they cannot get their “Help Wanted” right. Why would I want to work for you then?

Dear Santa,
I’ve been really good this year. I don’t really want a lot for Christmas. But if you could keep it in your mind that 2008 would be the perfect year to give me the book contract I so much desire. I sure would appreciate it. And I would maybe even list you in the [...]

Interestingly this thought has crossed my mind before.
How do you go about writing in Christmas in your current manuscript/book? And if I do, do I alienate certain readers? What I mean is, what about those that celebrate other holidays - Hanukkah, Ramadan or simply not at all.
Doubtful actually. Here is my theory. I [...]

This time of year gets so busy not just in our everyday lives, but for a freelance writer it seems deadlines creep up faster and there aren’t enough hours in a day.
I’ve been so busy with my three projects that I have had no time to do much about my blogs. I hate that. I [...]

Yep, it’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about gift giving, present buying and major shopping excursions to find the writer on your list an amazingly perfect goodie to help them in their quest for the perfect words. Written in the Thursday Thirteen format, thirteen amazing Christmas Gifts (and if you are [...]

During National Novel Writing Month I tried to quiet the internal editor I have that screams at me constantly to fix this or that. For the most part I did a pretty good job. I edited a tiny bit  here and there, and I  had to switch some things around, but I left most of [...]