Writing is a solitary activity, but we don’t have to do it alone… Won’t you sign up with me?
Writers have to merge what they don’t know (what they imagine) with what they do know (tastes, textures, smells, sounds, images).
I don’t remember exactly when I met Erin Teagan, but I know it was through SCBWI‘s Mid-Atlantic chapter—either the annual fall…
In a July 2016 article in Toronto’s Metro News, writer Richard Crouse recounts a joke told by world-class cellist Yo-Yo…
In this post by author Kathy Steffen, she talks about “giving your characters accountability.” I thought that was an odd…
One day when I was about eight years old and a friend’s mom was driving the carpool, she drove off…
What’s an author to do when her latest revision is out with beta readers? I’ve cleaned out a filing cabinet,…
Last month I posted about endings, then tried my own suggestion: I wrote a possible final chapter. Once I had…
Once when I was young and read a novel with a fabulous twist at the end (I’ve forgotten the book,…
This week’s Writing Show, “Editing for Emotional Impact,” presented by James River Writers, was like a cornucopia of craft tips,…