Daily Archives: January 3, 2007

Writing is work

Writing for pay is the dream of nearly every writer. But actually doing it is a completely different reality than dreaming about it. Rarely does the reality measure up to aspirations – unless, perhaps, you’re Stephen King or James Patterson. For most of us, though, real-world writing jobs feel more like jobs than they do

Believers and writing

I was recently asked by a younger writer friend whether it was OK for a writer who is a believer to feature characters in their stories who do not reflect their own belief system. It was an interesting question, even though at first blush it seems so simple that with all the time left after