How to Get Back into Writing Your Novel
January 15, 2026
If you’ve stepped away from your novel-in-progress for a few weeks or months and are now feeling ready to get back to work, you’re in the right place.
It Takes Grit to Write a Great Middle Grade or Young Adult Novel
October 23, 2025
Grit–a combination of passion for a big goal and perseverance toward achieving that goal–is key to writing a great novel for kids.
How a Book Coach Can Help You Achieve Your Writing Goals
September 15, 2025
My job as a book coach is to help you transform your manuscript into a novel you’d be thrilled to see displayed on a bookstore shelf.
Why Great Secondary Characters Matter
August 31, 2025
Great characters are a key component of great fiction—especially for kid readers. Great characters pull readers into your story so deeply that they’ll want to read your novel instead of playing video games, messing around on their phone, or goofing around on the Internet.