I had the honor today of speaking at the 2012 “Navigating Your Writing Life” Symposium of the Virginia Writers’ Club.…
Many years ago, I participated in a workshop at a writers’ conference. My workshop instructor was pretty famous and I…
Today, June 20, is the first day of Summer in the Northern Hemisphere. School is out. Work schedules are relaxed.…
I don’t know where “alright” came from, but it’s not standard and should not be used in writing. I…
Let’s try to untangle a knot that some writers find themselves in: how to know when to use “which” and…
Usually in my Friday Tips for Writers I focus on some element of craft—how to make your work the…
> Unless you write strictly for pleasure with no intention of publishing your work, there is a side of the…
> It isn’t writers’ block exactly. It’s more like writers’ knot. Surely you know the feeling. You’re working on something…
> With Poetry Month just around the corner, I thought this would be a timely tip for fiction writers: Read…
> You carry a pen and paper with you at all times, don’t you? That’s okay. I forget sometimes, too.…