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When you aren't smart enough to know when enough is enough. This Indie author gig can be demanding (if you allow it and/or position...

Fact: writing is hard. Fact: I hate my writing. Fact: I started liking it during one of the first Zodiac books (probably The Gemini...

BLUF: Writer Toxicity Not to end the week on a down note, buuuuut.... No, seriously, I hope this empowers you to act if you find yourself...

I recently did an interview with friend and fellow author Tim Neiderriter on his podcast Alive After Reading. We had an excellent...

BLUF: Jim Rohn was right. Motivational speaker Jim Rohn famously said we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with....

What a year! Achilles tears. Unemployment. Only two books published, one shy of my original goal. Yet, I survived and I'm very excited...

BLUF: All About Structure If you're serious about publishing, you need structure in your writing life. Here's a brief outline of what my...

This weekend I went to a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fight night in Tacoma … and was pulled back from the edge of giving up on writing. Me?...

(Transcription services provided by Renzee Lee. See contact info at the end of the interview for pricing information.) Welcome to...

(This is a transcript for episode 101 of the Horrible Writing Podcast, which you can find wherever you listen to podcasts.) So there's no...

Triple digits baby. One hundred epic episodes of Horrible Writing. Whoever would have thought this would have worked out like this. I've...

First Person; second person; third person; omniscient; third person close: POV and the choice and when to make it - why to make it. This...

Politicians, preachers, and advertisers are great storytellers. They enrapture, enrapture, enrapture. What do they have that we don't?...

I'm actually supposed to be writing, not talking to you. So why are you hearing me? Let's talk about that in this episode of Horrible...

It's time to announce the next set of stories selected for an upcoming episode of The Stories We Tell podcast! As always, the wonderful...

It's time to announce the next set of stories selected for an upcoming episode of The Stories We Tell podcast! As always, the wonderful...

Earlier today while driving on the freeway, a black BMW passed me on the left. Out of the sunroof popped a young lady, no older than 17,...

It's time to announce the next set of stories selected for an upcoming episode of The Stories We Tell podcast! As always, the wonderful...

I've hit 200,000 words before April! I've got the highest word-count goal for the year I've ever set for myself. I'm driven. All my life,...

Hot summer days are miserable. But they’re not as bad as the unbearable cold of a long winter. Those days can be exhausting. And the...