Writing: Your New Beginning

Writing: Your New Beginning

With a week to go before the whole country makes New Year’s resolutions, let’s take a look at what you might consider changing in the coming year. Writing Tip for Today: Your 2023 writing life doesn’t need to be your 2024 writing life. Here’s why: Routine Changes I always advise my writing students to set […]

Writing Through Calamity

Writing Through Calamity

We writers are such an odd bunch—we make a thousand excuses for not getting our BICs (Butts in Chairs), but if we can’t get to the keyboard—due to illness, a calamity in the family or other trauma—we suddenly become very creative. At least I do. It’s reverse psychology of the irritating kind, but I’ve tried […]