WRITE ON WRITER’S…WRITE ON!When writing gets tough, we need to write on. In the on-again, off-again love affair life of being a writer, the writer can be certain that he or she will one day wonder if the process of writing is worth all the trouble. We wonder because writing is lonely. Writing is intoxicating. Writing is frustrating, fulfilling, heartbreaking, complicated, and most of all… Read more
CHILDREN’S BOOK WRITINGChildren’s Book Writing can be a difficult task, but from the minute we sit down to write something without an assignment from a teacher, we are officially writers.
The minute we have a desire to create something out of nothing, we are writers. The minute we answer a story call from the deepest parts of our souls, we are writers and we are at our very best.
After 7 seasons of Law & Order, 2 seasons on The Big Easy for USA Networks, writing and directing a nightmare job for Lions Gate Films (Venice Underground), adapting a NY Times best seller for 2oth Century Fox Read more
The Secret to Writing Middle Grade FictionThe secret to writing middle grade fiction is not really a secret, but rather a discipline of practice for authors. That discipline is the craft of rewriting and being ruthless on your own work. This is what I had to do when I began writing the Saltwater Taffy book…an adventure book for tweens. I had to become my own editor. I had to scrutinize every word, because if I didn’t, my middle grade readers would see it on the page.
With that in mind, I will give you a few of MY secrets, because after writing three books and making my share of independent movies, not to mention 7 years of working on NBC’s LAW & ORDER, I am often asked… Read more