I've had the privilege of getting to know four excellent writers through my book-writing classes.  Atina Diffley is the author o...

Linda and Allen Anderson have an illustrious career as co-authors of fifteen nonfiction books, most recently the ASJA-award-winning me...

Way back when I was new to writing, I did an exercise from Julia Cameron's classic, The Artist's Way , called The Jealousy Ma...

Like you, I love good writing.  I adore books that let me enter a dream world and only surface reluctantly.  As a writing teacher, I ...

When I was in graduate school, one of my teachers suggested a sketchy idea:  Read a favorite published writer and "model" them...

When my first book was contracted by a publisher, I was assigned an editor who also wrote for Men's Health magazine.  This editor, ...

I met Mary Collins in a workshop I taught at Grub Street writing school in Boston a few years ago.  Her writing--and her enthusiasm--...

Choosing vulnerability in your writing. Always being open to learning more.  Embracing the support of a writing community.  Being wil...

Most writers know at least one self-publishing success story.  A famous one, almost an urban legend by now, is the story of Amanda Hock...

I recently watched the movie Argo, which was just released on DVD.  Movies like these I prefer seeing at home, so I can study their ...