A reader sent me this link, a brief article by award-winning writer Annie Proulx on her five rules for good writing.  Even if you don...

A reader from Connecticut is finishing up her new novel this month, getting ready to send it out to agents.  She sent me a good question t...

Tom is writing a novel about a fellow physician, but one of another race who lived in a time of great political and personal challenge.  ...

I'm just back from a marathon teaching trip so this week's post will be short and sweet:  a  wonderful article  from the newsletter...

Theme answers the question:  So what?  That's pretty harsh, but it's what readers need to know soon after they pick up your book....

I haven't always been a fan of online learning--for many years, I liked the face-to-face best, especially when it came to feedback on...

I'm working on my third novel, my fifteenth book, and I'm approaching it as many writers do:  from nowhere!  It's an explorat...

As summer winds down, at least in this part of the U.S., I'm starting a new book.   Although I’m sad to say goodbye to the warm weath...

A few weeks ago, a former student, memoir-writer Mary Knutson, sent me an exciting email: "I can now put 'award winner' in m...

A new author wrote me this week.  She'd read my writing-craft book,  Your Book Starts Here,  and it helped her realize which book pro...