The first time a friend asked me what she could do to support me in my writing, my answer was incoherent. I was so surprised, I stood there with my mouth hanging open, struggling to process what the question meant. Since that day—many years ago—I’ve come up with a better … Read More
I just finished a major draft of At World’s Edge, a historical novel set in the Viking era. Putting words together in sentences and paragraphs was easy. Sitting at my desk and facing the blank page, however, was brutal. I learned a great deal about maintaining motivation to finish a … Read More
I’m one of those writers whose bio could start out like this: “Robin Ingle has been writing since she could hold a pencil.” I’ve put in the necessary learning to satisfy the recently-debunked ten-thousand-hour rule. Now that I’ve nearly completed a novel, I’d like to share a few things that … Read More
So you want to start a writer’s blog. I hear this from a lot of writers who have yet to take the leap into blogging. They want to know: Can they really set up a blog by themselves with no technical training? I tell them to relax. You don’t have … Read More