On October 27 I’m leading a one-day writing workshop at Novel bookstore in Memphis. So far fifteen people have…
A few weeks ago I did a post about my latest project, an essay collection/memoir called PILGRIM INTERRUPTED. You can…
I’ve just started writing a new novel. Without meaning to, I drafted the first few pages in present tense—the same…
There’s an excellent article in the November/December 2016 issue of Writer’s Digest called “How a Month of NaNoWriMo Can Lead…
Our writing group had an interesting discussion last night. I had sent a link to the group in an email…
In the September 2016 (yes, it’s out in June) issue of Writer’s Digest, there’s an interesting “inkwell” column called “Scout’s…
Monday night at our monthly writers group, I asked the others in the group a question before we began critiquing…
This conversation really began last Wednesday, when I wrote: “Querying (Again) and the Creative Process.” I knew it was going…
While scanning the archives of Writers Digest (looking for something else) this morning, I ran across this guest piece in…
I’ve been poring over my novel, doing a fourth revision this week. So this morning I took a break to…