When James River Writers (JRW) invited me to interview some 2014 conference speakers, I looked over the impressive list of who’s coming…
Author-illustrator Cece Bell is coming to the James River Writers conference in Richmond, VA, on October 18-19, and how lucky am…
This month I’ve been drafting chapters with points of view (POV) that alternate between characters. This is a challenge to…
My agent recently had this to say about my current work-in-progress: she couldn’t identify with my main character and couldn’t…
After attending an excellent James River Writers panel discussion (“The Writing Show”) and Master Class in April with authors John…
Listen to these lines from the first page of Caminar, Skila Brown’s debut novel in verse: Our village sat in…
I emailed a new novel to my agent two days ago. Done! Finished. At least for now. If she deems it…
When I was a kid, I wrote letters. Real letters. By hand. Sometimes chain letters. Who has time for that…
“Restless Leg Syndrome? Oh, that’s an electrolyte imbalance,” said a doctor-friend. “Just drink Gatorade.” I shrugged. Couldn’t hurt. So I…
What does “show, don’t tell” really mean, anyway? Last week Chuck Sambuchino posted my article “7 Things I’ve Learned So…