I have a little secret: I don’t believe in writer’s block. Whenever I tell people this, they always look at me like I’m crazy because for many writers, it seems to be a natural part of life. Not for me. You may ask why not, and my answer is simple. My daughter needs to eat. […]
Spit Out the First Draft
I wasted a lot of time when I first started writing trying to make the first draft for a still-unpublished manuscript perfect. It wasn’t until I had written a few manuscripts that I learned a very valuable lesson: The first draft is not supposed to be perfect when you finish.
