I've only slowly gotten used to my own stages of writerly reaction when I receive feedback. Positive feedback generates a warm satisfact...

One of my long-time students asked a great question: how does a writer develop voice? I wanted to make sure she was talking about the writer...

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When we finish a good book, something lingers with us. We have coffee with a friend and she notices we're distracted. It's not life-...

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There's a kind of romance that happens between a writer and the book they have been working on for months or years. A relationship, at l...

My spouse and I just adopted a puppy. He's adorable at 14 weeks, and full of energy and sharp growing-in teeth. He is slowly, after a we...

A client told me about a recent meeting of her writing group. They discussed using present versus past tense when writing memoir. What were ...

I learned about the importance of transitions during my MFA study. One of my thesis advisers, a talented novelist, read my novel-in-progress...