What Next? 15 Questions to Help you Decide Your Next Writing Project

Connery1

I was lucky enough to get an Advanced Reader Copy of Chip and Dan Heath's new book, DECISIVE: How to Continue Reading

3 Ways to Write Through Summer Distractions

DBeach

Summer time is inevitably full of stops and starts in our writing. There are vacations, the pull of Continue Reading

Teens

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I'm going today to a high school English class and writing class to talk about my writing process. Continue Reading

Joelle Anthony

Joelle Anthony: Restoring Harmony

by Joelle Anthony The guest post today is by Joelle Anthony, whose first novel will debut in Continue Reading

Sky challenge

Craft Challenges for the Writing Life Whatever you write - novels, poetry, picture books, Continue Reading

3 Writing Tips from the Season

Creative writing tips, courtesy of the season: Peppermints! When you add sensory details to a Continue Reading

12 Days of Christmas Writing Tips

HAPPY HOLIDAYS For the last few years, I've posted writing tips from Winter Holiday personalities. Continue Reading

Living Life so Fiction Can Grow

For the next four or five days, I won't write. I won't look at a novel manuscript or a picture book Continue Reading

3 Ways Writers Survive Slow Times

Yesterday's news was sad: PW has learned that Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has asked its editors to Continue Reading

How to Fight Writer’s Depression

I am almost sad and depressed today. Why? Because I'm looking at the wrong things. Writers of Continue Reading