Summer is a great time to discover new books.  A colleague recommended Quiet:  The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talkin...

My ideal writing day is open-ended.  I have nothing I even have to get dressed for.  I can be alone, noodling around my writing space, e...

One of my online students is writing a very good mystery.  He has plotted it well, and he's working on developing the characters. ...

I'm so pleased to have Jon Odell, author of The Healing and The View from Delphi, as guest this week.  Jon shares an unpublished essay...

Jeri Reilly is a writer and freelance editor. She is currently writing a book--a manifesto for baby boomers--with co-author Eric Utne....

Writers can write anywhere--right? If you're really creative, you don't need a specific space, a writing room, or even a desk of...

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 ...