Goals: Shoot for the Moon, but First, Build a Rocket

Goals: Shoot for the Moon, but First, Build a Rocket

The importance of goal-setting dominates a lot of the conversation when it comes to having a productive and meaningful writing life. There’s lots of (good and bad) advice out there about how to set the right goals for you, including SMART goals (Specific,...

NaNoWriMo 2013: Murphy’s Law Edition

If you’re familiar with National Novel Writing Month, particularly if you or someone you know has done it, you’ve likely heard some of the horror stories that seem to crop up each year. People lose notebooks, flash drives, hard drives, files, and every...

Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest

So, I found out yesterday that Amazon has a contest for unpublished or self-published authors and their manuscripts. Basically, the important information is that they’re taking 5,000 general fiction submissions and 5,000 YA submissions, the deadline is between...