Each month, I set goals with a writing partner who lives in another state; we used to be in the same writing group until I moved, and I...

One of my long-time students asked a great question this week:  how does a writer develop voice?  Voice is the elusive uniqueness that co...

Boston's legendary Cecelia chorus performs only a few times a year.  Their concerts are well worth the time.  Recently I heard them i...

In 1967, Andy Rose started working as a fifth-grade teacher in the impoverished Lower East Side of Manhattan. The children in his classe...

Author Claire Dederer came to book-writing after being a journalist for about twenty years, working as a reporter, critic, and essayist....

We all have war stories from bad feedback.  If you've been writing and attending conferences or classes for more than a few years,...

Storyboards are a fast and easy template to check the strength of a book's structure.  More and more writers use them.  I hear about f...

Guest Post by   Memoirist and Singer/ Songwriter Elisa Korenne Elisa Korenne entered the creative-writing world as a songwriter. ...

Nicki, a blog reader from South Carolina, is putting together a website for her book.  She wondered about great author websites or tips...

    A writing rule I wish I knew when I started out:  to create tension in your scenes, two or more elements of power must be combine...