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A series of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. In any project, the most difficult word to type is often the first one.  With a 500 page novel looming ahead of you, or even a 15-page short story, getting started can […]

The first of eleven tips to help you get more time for writing, and to produce more writing when you do have time. A writer’s Muse is supposed to be a delicate, ethereal woman with a gentle voice who drops hints and ideas that might eventually find their way into a story or a novel. […]

“I could be a successful writer, too, if only I had the time.” I can’t tell you how often I’ve heard aspiring writers bemoan their lack of time, their inability to get any writing done with distractions, with family and work obligations.  Since it’s not likely anyone will give you any more time, in order […]

Due to a confluence of deadlines, I found myself finishing three novel manuscripts in two weeks—The Key to Creation for Orbit/Hachette (172,000 words), The Sisterhood of Dune, with Brian Herbert, for Tor (161,000 words), and the second YA space adventure Star Challengers with Rebecca Moesta, for Catalyst.  Two solid weeks of 12-hour days, 7 days […]