I had a very lucky and much too fast beginning as a published author.  My first book, now long out of print, was a huge success--the press...

This week I've been teaching on retreat at MISA West, Tanque Verde Ranch, in the beautiful Rincon Mountains outside Tucson. Along with ...

I'm a goal setter by nature, so I enjoy the chance each new year to look at what I've accomplished in the past twelve months and th...

Storytelling is all about communication, right? You, the writer, have something to say. Ideally, you present it in a way that's authe...

I often refer clients and students to Jane Friedman, clearly one of the most savvy publishing gurus out there today.  Friedman is the forme...

January is often a good time to shake up the writing routine, examine different ways of approaching recurring problems in your book, get in...

Winner of three Caldecott Medals (the best win in kid lit),  Mo Willems  was rejected some billion times (his words) by publishers who said...

Winter is the time of year when I think about entrainment.  Entrainment, as it pertains to the writer's life, is the art and science ...

Interiority or "internals" is a fancy way to describe the reader's view into your characters' thoughts, feelings, and i...

Maggie is writing a novel about a group of people living in a made-up place, based on a real location.  She faced a dilemma this month ab...