Some books labeled “cozy” are surprisingly not. So, I’ve compiled an analysis of the coziness factor of various candidates. Please note that my opinion is worth the same as anyone else’s: exactly two cents.

This was supposed to be a blog post about putting down a project, and why it’s okay to press pause when you don’t know how to proceed. But instead, it’s about how morning pages ended a ten-month hiatus from my WIP.

7. “Beta readers are strangers who want to hurt you.”

My top 7 takeaways from the PNWA Conference, including the #1 mistake in opening pages, what makes people buy your next book, querying advice, and more.

While trying to decide on my career path at seventeen, I came across an odd bit of wisdom in a playwriting course. A Serious Writer stated matter-of-factly that no writer wants to write. No writer chooses this path. Writers write because they have to. They have no other choice.

Oh, I thought. I guess I’m not a writer. I don’t have to write. I can envision other futures.