Show & Tell & 4 other tips on Avoiding Common Mistakes (Writer Bites: Brief essays on the heart and craft of writing fiction)

Writers are alway told "show, don't tell," but that's not always right. Show & Tell discusses when you shouldn't use summary (telling) and when you shouldn't.

The Most Common Intermediate Mistake & Fixing the Most Common Intermediate Mistake focus on what makes a protagonist active, and how scene-sequel structure can force a lazy protagonist to get off his butt and run your plot!

A Time to Write bursts the myth of "finding" time.

And Are you the Next American Idol? (revised!) deals with the question of whether or not you should self-publish your novel.