Welcome to the final post of the year! And what a year it’s been. As I look back on 2025, I’m filled with gratitude for the amazing conversations, creativity, and growth this writing community has shared. For me, this year felt like a time of tying up loose ends and completing long arcs. It was […]
December 22, 2025 by 6 Comments NewsA Christmas Letter to My Fellow Storytellers
Dear Wordplayers, I love this moment in time, as the warmth and blessing of Christmas juxtaposes the deepest darkness of the year. For me, it feels like sitting on a snow-covered hill as night falls. Where I come from, winter nights are a howl of wind and fury, sometimes punctuated by the softness of a […]
December 8, 2025 by 19 Comments NewsHelp Me Choose Future Writing Posts + A Really Important Survey
Hey, my fellow storytellers! Here we are again—heading into the final stretch of the year. As always, this is the time when I start reflecting on what’s worked, what’s inspired me, and what I want to bring to you in the coming months. And this year, I can say with certainty: I have some big […]
November 24, 2025 by 7 Comments NewsGratitude and the Story We Share: A Thanksgiving Letter
Dear Wordplayers, Every year around this time, I look forward to taking a moment to write you this note. It gives me an opportunity to sink in and contemplate the depths of my gratitude. The older I get, the more I believe gratitude is the secret sauce. Without it, nothing is good. With it, all […]
May 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment NewsNow on Audio! Next Level Plot Structure
Today, I’m thrilled to announce Next Level Plot Structure is now available on audio! I’ve heard from so many of you who were hoping for an audiobook from the very beginning—as soon as the print and digital versions launched last summer. Big thanks for hanging in there and cheering it on! I truly appreciate your […]
December 30, 2024 by 10 Comments News2024 in Review: My Top 10 Writing Post (and Other Things)
What a year this has been! For me, it was a year utterly defined by the major life change of buying and moving into a new house. (I’ll talk more about that in my annual New Year retrospective, for those interested in my personal adventures.) On the writing front, this meant I tackled the (possibly […]
December 23, 2024 by 5 Comments NewsMerry Christmas, Wordplayers!
Merry Christmas, Wordplayers! I always feel a poignancy at Christmastime. Here in the darkness of the year, every moment of light seems all the more potent—pregnant with meaning, if only I can become still enough to see it, to hear it, to understand it in deepest depths of myself. I look back on all that […]
November 25, 2024 by 6 Comments NewsHappy Thanksgiving, Wordplayers!
Here in the U.S., Thanksgiving is celebrated this Thursday. One of my most meaningful rituals for this holiday is writing you this email. Every year, I sit down to feel the depth of my gratitude for what has passed in the last twelve months. This year, the depths are deep. After years of wrestling with […]
November 18, 2024 by 4 Comments News25% Off All Books, Courses, Software, and Meditations for Black Friday
This holiday season, I’m offering 25% off every product I’ve ever created! This means that for a limited time (November 18th–December 2nd), you can grab every book, course, and tool I sell here on my site at this special holiday price. The discount has already been applied sitewide, so no need to worry about coupons. […]
July 8, 2024 by 356 Comments NewsLaunch Day! Two New Books for Writers (+Win a Freewrite Alpha!)
Hooray! Today, I am so happy to be sharing with you not one but two book launches—a revised and expanded second edition of Structuring Your Novel and a brand-new “sequel” Next Level Plot Structure. (And be sure to check out the giveaway for a Freewrite Alpha at the bottom of the post.) If you want to write a […]
