| You can spend hours trying to find the best | | | | I've received. Let's just say that it's a nice living. |
| books on novel writing. You can take writing | | | | Grab A Copy Click here |
| courses. You can subscribe to writing magazines. | | | | Because of my writing success, I've been a guest |
| Of course, you'll learn a lot about novel writing | | | | on numerous radio shows. I've also appeared on |
| from any of these sources. | | | | national TV, on Fox News Network's Fox & |
| Grab A Copy Click here | | | | Friends and the Pacific Northwest TV shows, |
| This shotgun method of learning, though, takes | | | | Northwest Afternoon and Being In Seattle. In |
| years, and costs hundreds, even thousands, of | | | | addition, my books have received coverage in |
| dollars. I know. This was how I started my writing | | | | newspapers such as the The Seattle |
| career. | | | | Post-Intelligencer and in national magazines such as |
| I thought because I had a novel idea and I had | | | | Fitness and Shape. |
| experience writing, I could read a few books and | | | | Obviously, I know a little something about good |
| put together a novel. But writing a novel isn't like | | | | writing. But having the knowledge and being able |
| any other kind of writing. If you don't know | | | | to teach it are two different things. Many great |
| exactly how all the components of a good novel | | | | authors know what I know, but they can't get it |
| fit together, writing a book is like juggling ten | | | | across in a way that's easy to understand. |
| flaming torches while balancing a tarantula on your | | | | Not only am I a successful author, I'm also an |
| nose. | | | | experienced teacher. Before I became a writer, I |
| In addition to my books, I've had dozens of short | | | | was an attorney, and I taught basic writing skills |
| stories, essays, and poems published, and I was a | | | | and advanced legal writing at the University of |
| newspaper columnist for five years. My first sale | | | | Puget Sound Law School. I've also taught writing |
| was to Teen Magazine, and I still have a copy of | | | | workshops and online writing courses, and I'm a |
| that $100 check on my office wall, but since then, | | | | writing coach. |
| I've lost count of the number of royalty checks | | | | |