“Do you know that there’s still a chance for you?” – “Firework,” Katy Perry

I often hear from people that the reason they don’t enter writing contests or competitions is because of the sheer numbers out there doing the exact same thing.

“What are the… Read full post »

1. Overconfidence. Hey, this should be a breeze. I mean, I wrote an entire novel. How hard could writing a dinky, little one- to two-page summary of the book be?

2. Panic. What?! How on earth am I supposed to fit 315 pages of detailed plot into a dinky,… Read full post »