Five MORE Awesome Nuggets of Writing Advice

One of my first posts on Medium was “Five Awesome Nuggets of Writing Advice,” and to this day, it’s still my most popular post. The discussion emerging from

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You Want to Be a Writer? Learn to Love These Four Things

Rejection Cliché enough for you? Writers get rejected. A lot, in fact. My advice is to not only endure it or to develop a thick skin, but learn

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The Accidental Novelist

I’m sitting next to Chuck Palahniuk, the author of the wildly popular novel, FIGHT CLUB. His new novel is stacked neatly next to a cart that is loaded

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Ten Things You (Repeatedly) Hear After Publishing Your First Novel

When you hear these things (and you will), make sure your mental phasers are set to “gracious, humble, and attentive.” Don’t respond the way you want to respond

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