This month, my novel-in-progress reached a new level:  final revision.  Woo-hoo, this is cause for celebration.  When a book hits final r...

Do you write dialogue?  Did you know that many acquistions editors at publishing companies use dialogue as the "test" for whet...

Recently I finished a pretty good story.  It is making the rounds of my friends who love literary fiction, and I'd gotten at least ...

Over Thanksgiving week I decided to take a creative retreat.  The plan was to make a soundtrack for my novel-in-revision, which could use...

Camilla is a writer in New York who has attended many of my classes.  She's celebrating the completion of her manuscript, a memoir a...

A writing colleague once said:  "If I'm away from my book more than three days, it's like starting over again."  Have y...

What if a trip to Paris, say for three months, would bring back your writing enthusiasm?    What if you kept a daily writing journa...

Realtors know that location is everything in buying or selling property.  Try to sell a house that's near a busy highway or high te...

A small book came my way this month.  It's called The Art of Time in Fiction :  As Long as It Takes, by Joan Silbers.  Very short, ...

So many writers come to writing with a deep love for books.  They feel that love for books will make them able to write--almost magica...