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If I had a way to capture the self-talk inside most writers' brains, as they sit down to do their writing practice, here's what I ...

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Join me on Madeline Island in beautiful Lake Superior at Madeline Island School of the Arts for five days of creative exploratio...

How do you find time to write?  That's a question I'm asked alot--by other writers, by students in my classes, by attendees at con...

Navigating a book is sometimes like traveling an unfamiliar pathway through murky waters.  Even though the scenery can be gorgeous--and in...

The topic of creativity and brain science has exploded in the past few years.  There was Daniel Pink's amazing book, A Whole New Mind...

Many writers in my online book-writing classe s get to the point where living with their manuscript is like living with a chaotic child....

My long career as a writer has taken me through the three different types of publishing:  agented manuscripts published by large houses, una...