I met one of my best friends--whom I later married much to my delight--over books. Early in our friendship, I asked what to offer as a gift ...

A good writing friend once shared this piece of wisdom: Sometimes we have to get small to get big, with our books. Book projects span a lot ...

Can writing save your life, or some part of it? Does writing allow healing, or a small step towards it? Although those living with the effec...

This past week I sorted old writing files. For each WIP (work in progress), I'd created a writer's notebook, a journal of my journey...

For decades I've studied the element of accountability--what it means for the creative person, especially those involved in a long-haul ...

Where do you dream of publishing your book? How realistic is that dream? What are you willing to do to get there? I am fortunate to know wri...

A blog reader suggested this great topic: what's the best way to go about finding the "right" writing class or conference for ...

Last week, when I taught my all-day workshop on storyboards, I didn't tell the 30 wonderful writers my real feelings about storyboards. ...

My love affair with Scrivener didn't exist before I wrote books. I was a dedicated Word user; I wrote stories, essays, and poems, column...

Query letters are a bear to write. So many writers who have finally published their novels, memoirs, or nonfiction books remember the agoniz...