what I know about writing

Why I Don't Blog About Writing

I feel that publishing advice is something concrete I can give. I mean, I've worked all sides of it and I network a lot--I know, more or less, how things work there.

But I've always been hesitant to give writing advice. My reasoning is...everyone is different.

I *loathe* people who give advice about something like writing as if it's the gospel truth. Every time I hear a writer talk about something that "all" writers need to do, it irritates me. Most of the time, I don't feel like it's true for me. And then I wonder that if I wasn't *me*, and I was a total newbie just starting out and I was given a picture, by an "expert", showing what a writer was supposed to be...wouldn't that be rather devastating? Wouldn't I then kinda feel like...well, maybe I'm not a writer after all, since clearly I'm doing it wrong.

I was asked by a CotA reader recently about my process. I got pondering it for awhile, and thought maybe it wouldn't hurt to talk now and then about what works for me with writing, how I got started, and all that stuff. You can take it or leave it.

Here are a few notes on my process...Read more