I recently sat down for a conversation with Fern Bernstein about her debut novel, Staunch: The Edies of Grey Gardens.  In our conversation, we talked about her writing, editing, and publishing journey, including things like where the idea to write a fictionalized story about The Edies came from,...

You’ve finished your draft and now you want to work with beta readers to get some feedback on your story, but where do you find them?  In this episode of the Fiction Writing Made Easy podcast, I’m sitting down with the COO of The Spun Yarn, Julie Taylor, to talk about their beta reading and sens...

I recently sat down for a conversation with Anne Mortensen—one of the lovely writers I had the pleasure of working with a few years ago. And in our conversation, Anne shares what the writing, editing, and publishing process looked like for her two novels—The Truth Effect and The Arcadian Match.  ...

I recently sat down for a conversation with one of the most wonderful and imaginative people I know, Edward J. Cembal. And in our conversation, Edward shares what his writing process looked like from having the spark of an idea, to writing a 60,000 word draft, to abandoning that draft to start a ...

In today’s episode, I’m taking you behind the scenes with me throughout my entire week, and I’m going to share with you what I’m working on, what big projects I’m focused on right now, and basically, anything that happens during the week, including any fun or interesting insights that come up as ...

If you want to write a novel that hooks a reader’s interest, then you had better write an engaging first chapter. But how exactly do you do that? Since I’ve already provided resources on how to write a solid set of opening pages and the big mistakes to avoid when writing your opening pages, I th...

I recently sat down for a conversation with one of the most inspirational people I know, Jamie Varon. And in our conversation, Jamie shares so many nuggets of wisdom about things like how she handles feedback (especially critical feedback), how she looks at writing (and especially the querying pr...

Which point of view should you choose for your novel? Should you use multiple points of view or stick to just one? Is it better to write in the past tense or present tense? Believe it or not, choosing which point of view to write your story from is one of the most important decisions to make whe...

I recently sat down for a conversation with a writer named Pauline Yates to talk about her writing, editing, and publishing journey. Pauline has just released her debut novel, Memories Don’t Lie, and in our conversation, we talk about how she went from dreaming up her idea (literally) to landing ...

In today’s episode, I’m going something a little different than normal. I’m going to take you behind-the-scenes with me throughout my entire week, and I’m going to share with you what I’m working on, what big projects I’m focused on right now, and basically, anything that happens during the week....

I recently sat down for a conversation with Jennifer Lauer—one of the writers I have had the privilege of working with over the last few years—to talk about her writing, editing, and publishing journey.  And I’m so excited to share this episode with you today because it’s a very special day for ...

Do you ever wish you could see a behind-the-scenes look at how other people write? Or that you could hear from other writers who have gone before you? Well, I have something super special for you today. I reached out to some of my Notes to Novel students and asked them to share the number one th...