Build a Portfolio

Fight for Your Dreams

"You've got to go, 'No, I can't come into work on the weekends—[that's] when I work on my novel.' ... People deserve those dreams, and they have to fight for them.  You don't want to be at the end of your life and go, 'I met all the obligations people had for me.'"

Sit and Do

"It's so easy to think about writing; so easy to talk about it; and it's so easy to avoid it.  But a bit part of it is getting the writer to sit and do what they're supposed to do."

Write the Next Book

"While running your own publishing business can certainly take quite a bit of time and energy, never forget that writing your next book is the very best way to spend the bulk of your time.  Whether you are self-publishing or working with a traditional publisher, the best way you will ever connect with both your current—and future—readers is by writing and releasing your next book.  And then the next.  And then the next.  And then the next."

Best Serve the Story

"You have to choose whatever will best serve the story—fact or fiction."

Walk Across that Line