I spent the last three months hanging out with the good folks at Indie Author Training, talking about one of my favorite things: how to write nonfiction that people actually can’t put down. When I pitched IAT’s training host Karen Guyler about doing a webinar…
When you’re writing nonfiction, your book is making a promise. It has a job to do. And when I say your book has a job to do, I want to be really clear about what I mean. I’m not saying you have to write some…
A lot of people come to me knowing they want help with their book, but not always knowing what kind of help they actually need. They know the book matters. They know they have something worth saying. They know what kinds of doors this book…
In college, I minored in theater, specializing in the technical side of things—set design, construction, stage management, etc. I worked in theater for a few years after graduation; for a hot minute, I considered becoming a technical director. Mostly because my absolute favorite class was…
My husband and I are pretty handy. We’ve replaced our garbage disposal and multiple alternators. We built a Murphy bed. And, that first COVID summer, we tackled our biggest project yet: remodeling our back patio so we could have friends over safely outdoors. We taught…
Want to learn how to write fast? Like, write 2000 words an hour fast? This article will teach you how. And if you want to go deeper, check out my Dictation for Thought Leaders course. It’s short, efficient, and will get you rolling on learning…
Hunger lured me out of the safety of the bus. We were on hour two of a twenty-two hour bus ride, and I even though the driver hadn’t said a word when he pulled over on the side of the road and walked out the…
A Three-Phase Process that Actually Works (So You Don’t Get Stuck in the Creative Chaos) Our bedroom was filled with scrap fabric. Our kitchen table was covered with sketches. My dress form stood in the living room, more pincushion than outfit—and time was running out.…
When I was in college, I was driving back to my parents’ house in central Washington State. I was only a few miles from home when I saw a couple standing beside their car on the side of the road. The hood was up. They…
Recently, I was trying to help a friend define the origin story of her business. She’s a coach, and she described how she guides women through periods of change. Career change, leaving a relationship, loss—basically any time in a woman’s life where she’s stepping through…