Author, Jody Hedlund

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund   Recently I finished the first draft of a new book of a new series. Not counting the research, the bo...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund This past year I've spent a LOT of time editing. It seems that every time I turn around, one of my b...

 By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund I recently started writing a new book (a historical that releases next fall). As I was writing the first...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund I had the recent privilege of doing some paid critiques at a writer's conference. Ahead of the conf...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund I was at a recent book signing doing a presentation. During the Q & A time, I was asked a really gr...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund Recently a dear writer friend, contacted me for some advice. She said: " Two months ago I got a two-b...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund Summer is quickly arriving. And for most of us that means our nice neat schedules get turned upside dow...

By Jody Hedlund, @JodyHedlund As writers we face many enemies--perfectionism, writer's block, rejection, long waits, lack of time, ...

Sometimes I feel like I’m the worst writer in the world. Yes, I recently had a mini identity crisis. I’ve realized that I usually have that...

Yes, I’m ashamed to admit. I get jealous of other authors. It’s ridiculous really. I couldn’t ask for a better start to my writing caree...

Recently I had one of those really bad days—when everything that could go wrong did (or at least seemed to). It started when I burned the ...

As I look ahead to the coming months, I’m excited at the numbers of writing friends who will be publishing their books for the first time. ...

I wasn’t going to write this post. But after talking with numerous published authors over the past year and reading Elana Johnson’s post la...

Who is a writer’s worst enemy? In the writing industry we often make agents or traditional publishers out to be the “bad guys” and brand...

My third book is releasing next fall 2012. My publisher met last week to discuss the title for the book. Surprisingly, they didn’t like my t...

I recently attended a national fiction writers conference in St. Louis. I love writer’s conferences. Nothing beats talking about writing for...

For the past couple of months I’ve been on the roller coaster ride known as a “Book Launch” with my second published book, The Doctor’s Lady...

I had a migraine early last week. Often my migraines are a direct result of a build-up of stress. But since I didn’t have anything major goi...