how to write a novel

I Wrote for 17 Minutes Yesterday!

Last weekend, I participated on two different author panels during the 2016 Newburyport Literary Festival, an event packed with

The most important thing every writer has to do is take a leap of faith. What does that mean, exactly? That, no matter how stuck you are at the

I've been writing fiction for many years now. Each book poses new stumbling blocks. Inevitably, though, the question that always plagues me

I write emotional family mysteries, the sort of fiction where the characters suffer through freakin' horrible crises:

This past week, I launched my fifth novel, Chance Harbor, provoking a friend to exclaim, “Wow, you're popping out books like Tic Tacs,

Like many writers, I was first introduced to Amy Sue Nathan through her wonderful site, Women's Fiction Writers, which has become one of those

For many writers, word count is everything. Me, not so much. At the start of every manuscript, I might write 2,000 words one day, only to decide that

As I raced through the grocery store last Saturday, I ran into another writer, someone I've seen at occasional parties. “Wow,” she said. “I see you

I published my newest novel, Haven Lake, in April, and I have another book scheduled for publication in October. Yesterday, I started a new