by Cathy Yardley | Craft, Promotion, Writing Life
I’ve noticed on some of the writer forums and blogs I check out, and in responses to my newsletter, that there is this obsession with getting it right. What’s the right way to plot, some ask. How should this work? What do editors want to see? ...
by Cathy Yardley | Business, Craft
I got my start writing category romance. I have also done ghostwriting, and work-for-hire. I’m not ashamed of any of those things. There are a number of reasons why I wound up writing each, not the least of which being my son enjoys things like food and a roof...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
I’ve said it before, I’ll say it a million times: every writer writes alone, but no writer succeeds that way. The world is not necessarily kind or understanding when it comes to writers. We’re not even kind to ourselves. The best way to...
by Cathy Yardley | Writing Life
Sometimes I get overwhelmed. Things go wrong. Or, conversely, things go unexpectedly right – only all at once. I’m surrounded by a multitude of paths, and often feel like I have no map. It’s hard to prioritize when seemingly everything is about the...
