One of my students emailed me this week with a good question.  He's been part of a writing group and loved the social and creative time...

Last week I taught my first Zoom class to five writers from across the U.S. when our weeklong retreat in Santa Fe was cancelled thanks to C...

I'm back to writing this week.  You may not be, yet.  I've heard from a steady stream of students and coaching clients and many are...

I love the random approach to writing a book ( islands , a term coined by Kenneth Atchity in  Write Time,  appeal to me most).   Storyb...

I looked back in my journal this morning and was struck again at how fast everything has happened.  Like most of you, I've been trying ...

In one of my favorite, easy-read, writing-craft books,  Write Away,  mystery author Elizabeth George talks about her writing process as she...

Each book I write, I struggle with this question.  And I'm not alone.  Even with many publications behind me, it's incredibly diffi...

Some writers create in a vacuum.  But most artistic types need human contact, if only for reality checks.  Writing groups and writing partn...

Revising a book requires distance.  Ideally, the writer has to detach enough from the emotional content of the writing, or the love of her ...

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...