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Writers are warned, with good reason, against relying on cliches and stereotypes when practicing their craft. Cliches are ineffective,...

Woosaaah y'all. If you write, which I assume you do since you're here, you know the exhilaration of working on a new piece. You know the...

Well, I did it. I published my first book. And let me tell you something, self-publishing is NO JOKE. From worrying over revisions and...

Eventually, someone else will read your writing. Most of us who fancy ourselves writers will ask other people to read our words and tell...

With the Writer's Guild of America strike in it's third week, I couldn't help but think of all the different ways we are entertained and...

In recent months, I have been busy revising and editing my first novel. I've been sucking down books as quickly as I can purchase them...

I have a question for my fellow writers. HOW DO YOU MANAGE YOUR WRITING TIME? I don't mean how do you organize your writing time. I'm not...

They truly are where the magic happens. I know I say I'm on the third (fourth, fifth? I don't know anymore) round of revisions of my book...

This post probably won't inspire your writing BUT! it may encourage you to expand your reading horizons and that will always improve your...

If you're even kinda, half-way part of the writing community, you're aware of the annual NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)...

Great. Now that song is stuck in my head. ANYWAY...It's me. I'm back and ever so glad to be here again! Moving across country is so...

I wrote a book. An entire book! It’s been revised and is currently in the hands of beloved beta readers before being subjected to another...

Most of the requests I get for proofreading or editing assistance come from students. Undergraduate to graduate, they're all looking for...

I write southern fiction. Why? Well, because that's where my roots dig deepest, burrowing through the red clay of my childhood. And if we...

Let me tell you why. Writer's are supposed to have these vast stores of imagination and inspiration, socked away for future reference, in...

Judging from the content of my Twitter and Facebook feeds, it seems most people spend the week between Christmas and New Year's Day in...

I recently read Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth. Man, let me tell you, I found myself nodding along with...

I am fascinated by both etymology and philology. To see how words and their meanings change through time and use, and how those changes...

This week's discussion board in one of my MFA courses asked us to consider the "myths" of writing. The how-tos, the how-not-tos, which...

Do you ever reach that point in your writing where you feel as though you simply can't go on? Your characters or your plot are fighting...