Laurel Saville: “Remember That It Is Writing, Not Publishing, That Makes You a Writer”
Friends, There’s a particular kind of quiet that settles in after you’ve been at this writing life long enough. The rejections stack […]
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“Writing Became My Super Strength”: A Conversation with AJ Skelly
Hey friends, I just published a new conversation I’m really glad to share with you. It’s called “Writing Became My Super Strength”: […]
August 2026 Fireside Chat
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Struggling with Fight Scenes?
Hey friends, If you’ve ever written a fight scene that felt more like a polite scuffle than something that lands in the […]
Timing, Resilience & Keeping the Passion
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Resonant Lines & Filter Words: Two Craft Fixes That Instantly Strengthen Prose
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A Conversation with Arthur Gee: What Nearly Forty Years Away from the Page Taught Him
Arthur Gee was born in Moldova and raised in a house where Russian literature and the early Soviet dissident movement shared the […]
Self Publishing Resources
For those of you who have decided to launch into self publishing, check out these resources. I mentioned some of these at […]
July 2026 Fireside Chat Replay
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Claiming the Name: Olivia O’Sullivan on What It Means to Call Yourself a Writer Before the Deal
Friends, There’s a particular kind of quiet courage required to look at the work in front of you—unfinished, unpublished, still finding its […]