The Conundrum of a 21st-Century Author
Although that scenario is certainly still possible, it is becoming harder and more rare. This new reality came to my attention the other...
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Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 18, 2020
- 1 min
Tuesday Teaser: Dealing with Setbacks
Be sure to check out Part 1 of the featured article about this book on Southern Writers magazine’s Suite T blog this Friday at...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 13, 2019
- 2 min
The Tasks We Dread
To paraphrase a familiar adage, “A writer’s gotta do what a writer’s gotta do.” So I’m doing it. Because it has to be done sometime. No...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 12, 2019
- 4 min
Our Persistent Peach Puzzle
When my wife and I moved to our current residence, one of the first things that went on our “we-want-to-do-this-to-the-property-some-day”...
Dennis L. Peterson
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Reflections on a Winslow Homer Painting
But that painting, “Snap the Whip,” was more than a sanity-maintainer for me. It reminded me of three special people: my grandfather, my...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Apr 23, 2019
- 3 min
6. Researching the Markets
(Sixth in a series) In the preceding five installments of this series, I’ve been answering the question of how one goes about getting a...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
The Pleasures and Perils of a New Book Contract
Signing a contract with a publisher for a new book fills an author with both exhilaration and apprehension. That’s precisely my mixed...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Feb 15, 2019
- 2 min
Find Your Niche and Just Do It!
Ironically, I’m a doubter, especially about myself and my own abilities, so I have to constantly remind myself of the attitude expressed...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 25, 2018
- 2 min
Merry Christmas, 2018!
The message of today’s blog post is simple and straightforward. It is no more and no less than the title indicates: Merry Christmas...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 21, 2018
- 2 min
Reflections and a Look Ahead
As 2018 winds down to a close and the new year fast approaches, I’ve been doing some reflecting. Some of the reflections have been...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Dec 2, 2018
- 1 min
An Article Finally Sees Daylight!
Things notoriously often move slowly in the publishing world. Quite some time ago, I queried an editor with an article idea I had. I was...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Oct 23, 2018
- 2 min
The Test of Commitment
It never fails. Soon after one makes a commitment to do something, that commitment will be tested. How long one is able to remain...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 2, 2018
- 3 min
Dealing with Rejection
“It isn’t defeat, but rather your mental attitude toward it, that whips you.” This goes back to what an earlier post said about the...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Mar 23, 2018
- 1 min
How to Be a Highly Persistent Writer
Jordan Rosenfeld, author of numerous books, including A Writer’s Guide to Persistence, offers the following good advice for writers who...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Jul 11, 2017
- 5 min
Traded for a Horse
George didn’t have much at all going for him. He was born a slave to a slave mother in Missouri. The two of them were kidnapped when he...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Sep 2, 2016
- 3 min
What’s Our Excuse? (Part 5)
By now, you know the point that I’ve been driving at in the previous four posts. Others overcame great obstacles and wrote in spite of...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 30, 2016
- 2 min
What’s Our Excuse? (Part 4)
The Bible tells us that the apostle Paul was arrested, tried, and punished multiple times for the sake of the gospel. He was whipped five...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 26, 2016
- 2 min
What’s Our Excuse (Part III)
At first, back in seventeenth-century England, Bunyan was just a tinker, an itinerant small businessman who sold and repaired metal...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 23, 2016
- 2 min
What’s Our Excuse? (Part 2)
Continuing our survey of some famous writers who refused to use their circumstances as an excuse not to write, today we consider another...
Dennis L. Peterson
- Aug 19, 2016
- 2 min
He Wrote in Spite of Problems–What’s Our Excuse?
How often we writers find every possible excuse not to do what we want other people to think we do–write. We are too tired, too busy, too...
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