Sitemap - 2020 - Woman of Letters
Eighteen hundred short story rejections!!!!
Wrap-up 2020: Some Books I read This Year
Wrap-up 2020: Great Writing year; LEss Good Publishing Year
Wrap-up 2020: I have fallen back in love with my online journal
reading a book of brutal takedowns of left-wing intellectuals
Decided to give in to despair and bitterness
I told you I was going to put more work into this blog, and I have now done it
Realized that motive is the core of every mystery novel
For Your Awards Consideration (And also Story Notes for Everquest)
A mea culpa for my intemperate comments about the classics
Today I am just loving being a writer
Getting back into reading books
Going to do an ever-so-tiny bit of Renovation To the blog
'Placed' a story in Gulf Coast
Why is the writing in literary essays so turgid?
Had my novel spontaneously turn into a short story
Scattered thoughts on estate plannIng
Writing-related Gadgetry: The Freewrite Traveler
Have been reading a ton of French Graphic novels lately
Five classics that ought to capture you from page one
Only have half a day of childcare today, so need to get my procrastination in early
I’m a fan of political novels. Most aren’t very good. DEMOCRACY, by Henry Adams, is a good one
Only doing a So-So job at not being anxious
Every writer needs a friend who's more successful and who's willing to validate their own bitterness
Have been feeling a little hopeless lately
You're going to end up doing the work now, or later, or maybe never
Wrote a book that I think will Probably sell
Having people read your stuff is, sadly, invaluable
Dunno how to fix my book; might just declare victory and go home
Finished the rewrite of THE LONELY YEARS, now just noodling for two weeks
Reread the ultimate in depressing protest novels, EVERY MAN DIES ALONE
Definitely wish writing books involved more, like, typing
Kind of nice to not have a book under contract anymore
Having a baby has not proven the shock I thought it would be
If you dislike my novel, you're really not alone!
Hey blog readerssssssssssss! I still love you
Feeling a little free-er to speak my mind these days
Balancing gratitude and entitlement
The definitive guide to getting over writer's block after just two or three years of agony