The Craft Files
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On Editing, or: How I Cut 100,000 Words From My Novel
I meant to write this post a lot earlier, but the novel workshop got in the…
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Finding and Making Motivation (Plus, a Workshop Check-in)
This post took a long time to write. With a day job, in the tug-of-war over…
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How to Identify an Email as a Scam
I recently woke up to a minor milestone in my inbox: my first author scam email!…
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Basics, Volume I: Voice
Voice is a tricky concept to define for a writer, and one that I struggled to…
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Fieldwork: How I Prep For a Workshop
I love a good writing workshop. The deep-dive seminars, the writing exercises, the conversation and feedback…
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Unfinished Clips: Story Prompts, Volume I
Here are twenty-five prompts for your writing pleasure and convenience! These are geared primarily toward genre…
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Intellectual Scaffolding: Not-Writing, “Productivity” and Rest
Today I want to talk about one of the foundational concepts that powers my writing work:…
