After a holiday weekend, most of us probably have plenty of writer’s inspiration: time spent with family, time spent with friends who...

So, it’s Friday. (Friday. Gotta get down on Friday.) Twitter has a Follow Friday “tradition” where you list the people you follow who...

If you have two characters in a story that feel dull and lifeless, this Unblocker exercise is for you. (If you DON’T, you can still use...

Instead of just posting ONE story to read online (which will likely be what I do, most Wednesday mornings) I thought I would start with...

Imagine with me, if you will, the following help wanted or classified ads: “I have a huge tree that fell in the back yard, and I need...

Tuesday Morning: Unblocker #2…If you’ve hit a temporary dead end with your writing or just want something new to try out, check out...

If you are like me, and I’m not assuming that you ARE, you’ve read–at some point in your life–a self-help style book about finding your...

So, I have this story. It’s called, “The Silence of God is Impossible to Bear”. This was a story that I wrote several years ago, and it...

Yeah I was a south bound child Yeah I had a small town life But I turned out alright in the north Livin’ that southern kind of life...

So I came across an interesting website, thanks to the Writer’s Digest Twitter feed. The website is called The Page 99 Test, and it is...

So in a previous post I mentioned that I was starting a tracking experiment, where I’m setting an “ideal writing/work week” goal, and...

One day last week, I got around to addressing several customer service issues that had been floating around since the first of the year....

January has tied the highest traffic month for this blog. It is amazing how many more readers you get when you actually POST something....

So, a peak behind the curtain… Last week I blogged that I’ve become more and more convinced that tracking and awareness are key...

So, I’m working on this theory of writing, trying to put things I’ve learned into words in an effort to improve my own writing (quality...

A blog for writers… That’s what my simple mind came up with…A blog for writers. More specifically, I thought I would review and feature...

Check out: http://www.thefirstline.com/subscribe.htm The current issue of The First Line (volume 12, issue 3, Fall 2010) features my...

Two weeks ago, I opened an email to find the words every fledgling writer is waiting to hear: We enjoyed your story and would like to...

So, let me dig into today’s thoughts on writing. I’ve been working on a novel for a while now. That’s pretty typical. Most writers (there...

I had big plans for the summer. I really did. After I left the May writing residency at Queens University of Charlotte, this is what I...