Need a creative boost? How about playing dress up?

Do you use text dictation while writing? I tried it, and here's what I found.

Here it is! I'm holding my book! This has been my dream for the last 20 years. My publisher shipped my book in the morning and it was in my hands by 5:00pm! I didn't even have time to process the information. If I had, I probably would have taken a picture of the box, made a video, or at least provided a little more fanfare. Instead, I just held it and felt how velvety and smooth the cover is. And how surprisingly light the book is. At 242 pages, it's a quick read, and that w

I just completed my first round of edits for my YA novel, The Brothers Finn, and shipped them off to my publisher. Needless to say, it's been an interesting year. My debut novel, Stratagem, comes out in May and my editor has it for the final round of edits. Lately, I've been doing so much editing that I'm sure I've forgotten how to write. Well, probably not, but it feels like it. The road to publication started in December, and it seems like it's all happening so fast. (I mea