• Challenge,  On Writing

    March Sadness Special

    With All Conventions Cancelled… No one traveling. And all of us stuck at home making sure we do not spread this virus, it’s time to turn attention to writing and learning. So that money you had set aside to head to a conference or writer’s retreat, how about some online workshops instead? Allyson and Kris both suggested we give writers some real deals on workshops right now to help out through these coming stuck weeks. We want to encourage you to stay safe and learn and write. So to do that stated goal, we are doing something very special for the next 48 hours only. Every Workshop, Lecture, Pop-Up, Class,…

  • On Writing,  publishing

    What Is Special?

    With Writing, What Exactly Is Special? A nasty question I got a hunch I shouldn’t ask. Making a project, a chapter, a story special is a quick way to problems and critical voice issues. Making the speed of writing a project special is also a problem I just fell into. And have fallen into a number of times over the last few years. I did a book of blog posts called Writing a Novel in Ten Days where I did my last ghost-written project. Then I did another series of blogs into a book called Writing a Novel in Seven Days. And then to make writing speed even more special,…