There is Evil Out There And We All Need to Fight It
carriejonesbooks Real life can be more cruel than books. It’s a hard truth. Us writers often hear from editors, “Can you make the villain more understandable?” We often hear, “Nobody would…
June 2018
Worst Case Scenarios are Bad For Your Heart and Good For Your Writing
Shaun used to call me, “WC,” because he is evil. No. Really. He called me that because I’m always thinking up the worst case scenario for every situation and planning…
Dealing With Failures, Quick Tips, Part Three
About 10 days ago, I posted on Facebook (Yes. I am still on Facebook. Don’t judge) about feeling like a failure. It wasn’t a big depression or anything clinical, although…
Writing Advice – Down on My Shins, Baby
Writing advice. Everyone has it even if it’s as simple as, “Don’t listen to advice.” But there is no one way to write the same way there’s no one way…
Cooking With a Writer – Migas (Portuguese style)
The Portuguese part of my family were great cooks. Brilliant cooks, honestly. And I think a reason for that was because for so long they had to learn to create…