writing career

  • How to own being an author, no matter what stage you are at.

    How to own being an author, no matter what stage you are at.

    Once upon a time I told a guy I was dating that I wanted to be an author. At the time I was in journalism school and  I had already completed three novels, and while I knew I had a ways to go and didn’t dare to presume myself already an author, I knew it Read more

  • Discouraged with pursuing a writing career?

    Discouraged with pursuing a writing career?

    Peter Benchley was a reporter at the Washington Post, an editor for Newsweek. He was a speech writer for President Johnson, and in 1971 he was just barely making ends meet as a freelance writer supporting a family. Even with his impressive background, he was ready to give up. The story goes that he took Read more