Tag Archives: Anne Lamott

What’s the best writing advice you ever got?

Posted on November 26, 2025 by mainecrimewriters

As part of our Writing Tips Wednesday, we are resharing this post from waayy back in 2012, offering some of the writing advice we’ve gotten over the years. Kate Flora here, starting a discussion with my fellow writers about the … Continue reading →

Tagged A.Carman Clark, Anne Lamott, Barbara Ross, Bird by Bird, Group Post, Kaitlyn Dunnett, Kate Flora, Kilt Dead, Lea Wait, Liss MacCrimmon Scottish-American Heritage Mysteries, writing advice | 5 Comments

Just Hold Your Nose and Write

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Barbara Ross

“Just hold your nose and write,” is my friend Hallie Ephron’s motto. Hallie has a new book coming out in March, Night, Night, Sleep Tight, a novel of suspense about Hollywood in the 1950s and 1980s. If you’ve never read … Continue reading →

Posted in Barb's Posts | Tagged Anne Lamott, Barb Goffman, Bird by Bird, Fogged Inn, Hallie Ephron, Junot Diaz, maine clambake mysteries, Night Night Sleep Tight, On Writing, Stephen King | 14 Comments

Perfectionism and Shitty First Drafts

Posted on December 10, 2012 by mcwarchives

Vicki Doudera here with you today, thinking about the process of putting a book on paper, largely because I’m doing just that in between our various Christmas traditions and festivities. I had tea with a good friend the other day, … Continue reading →

Posted in Vicki's Posts | Tagged Anne Lamott, Catch Meadow Cottage, Monica Ramirez Basco, Never Good Enough, Perfectionism, Vicki Doudera | 7 Comments

Never mind what mother told you. . .

Posted on August 11, 2011 by mainecrimewriters

It’s Kate, and I’m talking today about teaching. A writer has to listen. That’s what I tell my writing students. As they sit there around the table, pens poised for the wisdom that a 28-year writer might have to impart, … Continue reading →