The Long View on a Writer’s Work

There are advantages and disadvantages to living a very long time, as I have. One of the advantages is that you can’t help having a long view. You’ve seen it come and seen it go. Something that’s being announced as the absolute only way to write, you...

What Kind of Editing Do You Need?

I spend the vast majority of my working hours editing manuscripts for clients, and I love it. It’s the culmination of my lifelong dream of finding a way to support myself by reading. (I know many of you probably have the same dream, and let me assure you, it is...

Why We Writers Need to Have Each Others’ Backs

This morning, I got an email through my website. It told me that someone had left a comment on a hate site targeted entirely at one, single woman, my friend and fellow farmer/writer Jenna Woginrich. Apparently, someone had something to say about what I had said about...