Writing Reward Misery loves company, right? Well, let me assure you, that if you are, or have been or expect to be miserable in your writing life (as I assure you, you will be), then you and I are joined at the … Continue reading →

Respect Your Own Journey Not long after we graduated from university, my friend Jeremy, a brilliant writer, got his first book published. Then he moved to Paris and lived in the iconic Shakespeare and Company bookstore. He founded an independent literary magazine, … Continue reading →

Accepting Success Congratulations to client and friend Cathey Nickell on landing a literary agent for her middle-grade novel A Night Without Light! It’s a huge, well-deserved milestone on Cathey’s writing path. Yay, Cathey! It also got me thinking about how … Continue reading →

There is No “Should” The 1997 movie Amistad is based on a real-life story of an 1839 rebellion aboard a slave ship. The Africans, illegally abducted into slavery (not that any abductions should have been “legal”) were put on trial. Their lawyer, Roger Baldwin enlisted … Continue reading →