A reader from Minnesota sent me a good question.  She'd taken my two-day book writing workshop at the Loft Literary Center in July, and ...

Almost the end of August, and the leaves are starting to change color here in New England.  I'm getting my teaching notes together for m...

One spring I took a month-long writing retreat. I went to a beautiful lake at the edge of the mountains and stayed by myself in a comfortab...

Writers who lock onto one picture of their books, holding it fast, being unwilling to adjust as they receive new insights, rarely publish. ...

I was alone with my writing this week.  So were fourteen other writers (see us in the photo at left).  We retreated to a beautiful restore...

When my novel, Qualities of Light, was published last fall, I celebrated as anyone would, enjoying the readings, book signings, and kudos fu...

Each book we write, each essay or story idea we decide to commit to the page, signals a kind of journey for the writer that is very personal...

After you spend hours, months, years on your book, after it's ready for publishing, after you get that amazing phone call that says, ...

When we begin writing our books, we feel an urgency to catch the reader up, bring them over the hurdles of history in our story. We have a l...

Writers need other writers.  I'm seeing this in action today, as my weekly book-writing class pairs off to exchange feedback on their st...