Put your manuscript in a drawer. Write your next novel. With experience comes …well, experience. Oh, and wisdom.

Did I write the first 50,000 words of my novel? Is that why I’ve been MIA from my blog for so long? Sadly, no. And, happily.

Here’s an article about my client, Judie Panneton, and her book Proud Americans: Growing Up as Children of Immigrants.

The new issue of Gently Read Literature has been released. Another collection of fine books reviewed by fine reviewers, including a review of Terese Svoboda’s Bohemian Girl by Yours Truly.

As part of my ongoing professional development, every day I check in with a handful of writers in the blogosphere-mostly via RSS feed, a few notices via e-mail.