Coming to Terms With Changing Locations: When Travel Leads You Home
Two months ago, I moved to another city. And I still haven't gotten over it. This isn't a tale of culture shock, though my old city and my new one…
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1 October 2018
I’m a writer. So I like to write about writing. I have also compiled a list of Writing Resources, which I may update from time to time.
Awesome Email Templates for Responding to Potential Clients
A few years ago, I wrote a silly post called Top 10 Email Subject Lines for When You Just Want to Say 'Hello.' The post was an inside joke that turned…
19 December 2016
Should I Start Blogging Again?
23 September 2016
The Best Distraction-Free Writing Apps
If you’re reading this, it’s probably because you just stopped whatever writing you are pretending to do and googled “distraction-free writing apps.”
So, let’s be clear: you’re the distraction. (more…)
27 July 2015
How Not to Succeed As a Freelance Writer
I’ve been freelancing on and off for more than 15 years. While I’ve been lucky to land some decent-paying projects with a few well-known publishers and online outlets, I’ve always…
23 May 2015
Nell Zink’s Novel Journey
"There are a lot of ways to stay safe as a writer: by not writing, by writing to no one, by writing to a single admirer, by challenging the…
11 May 2015
Clandestine coin collection in front of the Pantheon
How I Live as a Writer
Sponsorship. If you’re a travel writer, this is a topic that often comes up. Will you take a sponsored press trip, a trip that is planned for you and/or a…
6 February 2015
Writing Prompts, Prompt Writings: NaNoWriMo and Working Through “The Gap”
I'm doing it. Here I am on the first day of NaNoWriMo -- National Novel Writing Month -- tapping away in a Wordpress window. I am writing. Or, should I…
1 November 2014
The Best American Travel Writing 2014
The Best American Travel Writing, which highlights the best travel stories from the previous full year, arrives in bookstores and on tablets this week. The 2014 edition is edited by…
6 October 2014