Writing a Book

If you want to write a novel, here's what you do: write. Just write, with no worry or care about how it will come out.

The words did not merely enter my blood, they grew out of something in me that even I did not fully understand. One of my dear teachers asked me if there was a purpose to my book. My answer is that I don't know. I only know that I found great joy and passion in writing it.

Does durability, for example, constitute an important definition of what is or becomes a literary novel? How does a novel become a classic? Who determines what becomes a classic?

People want to write books for a lot of reasons. They want to be famous. They want to make a pile of money. They want everybody from high school to see that they're not a big fat loser after all. But there's really only one good reason to write a book.

Celebrating the New Year often symbolizes a fresh start and a new beginning for each one of us. We reflect on the year past and give gratitude for our...

Consider the facts of life in this age of bottom-line, 'pull' publishing in which publishers rarely support new authors, except via personal introduction by insiders. If you have a publishing ambition, consider these realities.

I recently read a manuscript written like a stream of conscious to the author's closest friend. I was bored and it was never clear to me who the book was for. That experience got me to thinking about some lessons for new authors...

A few times a month I hear from folks who ask me to promote a workshop on how to write your book in a weekend. Huh? Write a book in a weekend? Unles...

Readers sometimes ask me how I write about things I don't have personal experience doing -- such as taking photographs or sewing dresses or playing the violin. This is how.

Several years ago, in a national survey, it was discovered that 82% of Americans say they plan to write a book someday.

While I am hopeful that my book will touch and empower and perhaps even inspire some readers, the experience of writing it has changed my life in a profound and positive way.