As I announced yesterday, I am going to spend this week on the blog sharing some words of literary wisdom from some of my wonderful...

Over the next few days (with a break for the Thanksgiving holiday, naturally) I’ve asked some of my favorite writer friends to help out...

Don’t get me wrong: I think reading, responding, and critiquing the work of others is important. It was important to me as an...

CRAZY! That’s a great way to describe my writing life the last few months. Here’s what I’ve been working on: Trying to finish a draft of...

I was asked to write a post on the topic: How do I know when a story is ready for submission? My fine writing friends over at the...

I will again be offering two courses through the Life Long Learning Academy at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee Campus....

I was privileged to hear today’s guest, Dominique Traverse Locke, read from her graduating thesis. I remember very clearly that I was...

Practice may not make perfect, but it certainly helps. Occasionally, when I run the spelling and basic grammar check at the end of...

Late last week, the computer models (all six million of them) were projecting that the tropical storm named Isaac would spend the last...

I carry a little Molskine notebook around with me, most of the time. I jot down phrases, story ideas, random thoughts, and even the...

I was writing a brief critique this week, and as I wrote something like, “You’ve done a nice job of telling this tale,” my itchy s-finger...

As I was scrolling through my Twitter feed this morning–taking a quick break from a manuscript I’m critiquing–I thought about something...

If you already follow Jen Luitwieler’s blog, you may have noticed I was tagged in a recent post to provide details of my current works in...

New York City. We were watching a movie last night, (Man on a Ledge, not that it matters for the purposes of this blog) and it occurred...

Next week, I begin teaching two 6-week classes on writing and as I prepare for the classes, I’ve been reviewing several text books and...

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At about 4 a.m. I decided to get out of bed. I’d been tossing and turning for more than an hour, at that point. It seemed fruitless to...

Last week a friend sent me this note, via Facebook: So, I’m struggling to get myself on a writing schedule. I remember your Craft Seminar...

Last week I agreed to sub at the high school where Cami teaches. Three days with middle- and high-school students always makes for an...