At the launch for The Lost Husband, I read a short scene from the book, and then I also read an essay that I wrote a while back for an amazing project called The Prime Book. It’s a book of gorgeous, sumptuous pictures by the photographer Peter Freed that aims to redefine what it means […]
Here’s Katherine telling the quick story—at a luncheon, ages ago—of how she wrote her first novel:
> Just got a message from my publicist at Random House that there’s a section of Kathy Griffin’s Bravo show My Life on the D-List that has my book cover in it! She has a book coming out with Random House, and she filmed a segment of the show at their offices. And right behind […]
Here’s a Writing Wednesday about life with kids. The question comes up over and over: How do you do both? How do you get it all done as a mother and a writer? And almost every mother with little kids I know struggles with some version of this question. How do you get it all […]
Here’s me, yesterday, revising an early draft of a story. This is what it looks like early on–lots of writing all over the page: arrows, carrots, scribbles. Then I go back and type in what I’ve written. Then I print it out and write all over the typed pages again, over and over until it […]
This Writing Wednesday is about naming characters. And why you have to do it carefully and not just buy a baby book and pick out your favorite names. Here’s the main point of the video (and you’ll notice that I DO NOT actually SAY IT in the video): Characters and names have a relationship to […]
It’s Thursday morning! So that must mean it’s time for Writing Wednesday! This question is from Jaime, who wants to know if I make an outline when I write a novel. And the answer is yes. And no. And sort of. [BlueTube]GEuH_wQb09w[/BlueTube] Usually, my outlines are just numbered lists. Very broad. The number stands for […]
I’ve seen enough rambling homemade videos on YouTube to know it’s important to keep these Writing Wednesday clips short. I’m shooting for 2-3 minutes, and even 3 feels a little long. But it is hard to cover very much into 2 minutes. Sometimes they seem to raise more questions than they answer. But maybe that’s […]
I recorded this Writing Wednesday post yesterday, and my husband was like, “You do know it’s Thursday, right?” And I was like, “Man, that’s what Writing Wednesday is all about!” So here’s my Friday post for Writing Wednesday! Happy weekend! [BlueTube]9a0piIJyFKY[/BlueTube]
There’s a good possibility I may never actually post on Wednesday. But here’s the first one! Kicking things off with the first–and possibly best–advice I ever got about writing, courtesy of my dad. Here we go! And feel free to leave questions! [BlueTube]eTtR9FcpDrA[/BlueTube]