by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
If you’ve been around the fiction-writing-reference block, you’re probably familiar with the concept of GMC… Goal, Motivation, Conflict. (If you aren’t, I strongly recommend you go grab a copy of either Debra Dixon’s book of the same...
by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Promotion, Writing Life
What does “playing to win” mean? This one’s gonna be a rough one, gang. But it’s important. I love the movie The Replacements. (Largely due to Keanu Reaves, not gonna lie.) But there is a great line in it, where the coach played by Gene...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Quite often, usually at the beginning of the year or just before NaNo, I get a flood of emails from authors who want to work with me because they aren’t where they want to be in their manuscripts. “I just need to get my act together!” they...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Writing Life
Recently, literary fiction author Ted Heller wrote an article for Salon called “The future is no fun: Self-publishing is the worst.” In it, he describes his misadventures in self-publishing his latest novel, specifically the difficulty he’s had...
