Cuz this video makes me all manner of nostalgic.

I'm taking a week-long break from blogging for this reason . Things should return to their regular schedule next Monday. Here's a ...

I'm in a mountain village ( this one ), and far away from my computer. So here's a picture of a cat. I love the internet.

A couple weeks ago, I suggested people query their first novel , even though it would probably get rejected. I said this because I think ...

I once stated that I thought it was possible to respond to a negative review in a positive way (see the first footnote of this post ). I am ...

Stop me when you know what famous book this is: A young kid growing up in an oppressive family situation suddenly learns that he is on...

And that's all I have to say about that. (Totally unrelated, my agent sister Daisy Carter is having a Q&A with our agent on her...

I wanted to ask "What's your dream job?" But for a lot of us, writing is our dream job. But what if you couldn't write ...

[If you haven't entered to win a copy of Silver Phoenix or Huntress yet, go do so now . Winners chosen next week.] I still find it a...

Prequels are not always bad. Just want to throw that out there. But in general, when I hear a new book or movie is a prequel, I'm immedi...

I've created a label for demotivational posters . You're welcome.

One of the things that can make fiction compelling is an impossible, sadistic choice. Like in Hunger Games , when you want both Katniss ...

Some days, this is exactly how I feel. Sometimes it's the novel's fault. As I plow through the draft, crap gets built on crap,...

When I wrote my first novel , I just wanted to prove to myself that I could finish a whole novel. After 4.5 years, I did, and when my one of...

I have to follow-up Wednesday's post for a sec, because Natalie Whipple clarified a critical point that I had trouble getting in my he...

A couple weeks ago, blog reader Lexi left this comment : I'm interested in why you guys aren't self-publishing. It needn't...

One thing I love about So You Think You Can Dance is how similar the audition process is to querying a novel. It's got everything: the p...