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On Writing What You Love (and career success)
Larry Brooks interviewed best-selling author Philip Margolin on his latest book and a bunch of related writerly topic. This comment from Margolin struck home for me. Don’t try to figure out what you...
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Keeping The Faith, or Can You Change Your Name Without Selling Your Soul?
I wrote this essay in 1997, when the world of publishing was very different from what it is today. Back then, who could have anticipated the revolution in epublishing and the way it has given rise to...
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Story Excerpt Sunday: From Ink Dance by Deborah J. Ross
Ink Dance Essays on the Writing Life by Deborah J. Ross Sexuality in Fiction A few years ago, I had the privilege of editing a new fantasy anthology series, Lace and Blade, from Norilana Books. The...
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Rejection, Discouragement, and How a Few Loyal Readers Can Save an Author
Being discouraged is part and parcel of a working writer’s life. Negative reviews, ditto. Some of us are naturally more thick-skinned about them than others, and most of us develop coping strategies...
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Original Vision vs. Compromising With the Market
A recent discussion with a fairly new, immensely talented writer highlighted for me a dilemma that most of us will face sooner or later. What do we do when what we really want to write, when the...
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Career Ups and Downs
As part of her Practical Meerkat’s 52 Bits of Useful Info for Young (and Old) Writers, “Laura Anne Gilman offers some savvy perspective on surviving the dry spells. She writes, “Remember, a few weeks...
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