Last year, I coached a business owner who was writing a book about his years as a wildly successful entrepreneur.  He attributed much of ...

Two of my past students released new books this year.  Katherine Dering, of New York, launched her second memoir,  Aftermath,  and Judith M...

Some writers don't believe in writer's block--that stall out, mind- and spirit-numbing experience that occasionally visits us when ...

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...