I’m an editor who has experience with multiple big name authors. Want a secret? They fear failure just as much as you do. They write a draft, they fear they can never match their previous successes, and they’re never fully happy with what they put out. You can do it too. Work on your craft, tell the stories that call…

“I’m sorry” “Why, did you cause it?” I’m sorry is bullshit. As someone who’s been through shit and has friends who’ve had it worse, I find “That’s rough.” or if it has to do with actions of another person, “Adding them to my list of people to kick in the groin if I ever encounter them.” is particularly effective in…

When I was a teenager who every summer would go visit my grandmother, I got upgraded once just cause I was hanging around the desk and asking the attendants at the desk about their jobs and how it all worked. Our flight got delayed for mechanical issues, and I was like “it’s all good, worst case scenario I get my…