BIAW

Book in a Week, that is. If you’re a writer–or if you’ve had an idea burning in your brain for a long time but haven’t gotten around to putting words to paper–want to join me? Don’t fear. You don’t have to complete a book in a week. You simply have to make a good start.…

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Killing Your Babies

Oh, it hurts. I believe it was Ernest Hemingway who coined the title to this post. He was referring to those wonderful turns of phrase a writer comes up with that, in the final analysis, simply don’t belong in the story and must go. It’s painful to chop a few beautiful lines from what you’ve written,…

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