When Bad Things Need To Happen To Good Characters The following advice comes from Rick Mofina , a former journalist whose "crime...

SiWC & A Joke What's the difference between a large pepperoni pizza and a professional writer? The pizza can feed a family of...

I was mulling over what to write about for this post when I realized I haven't told you about the workshop I took from Donald Maass o...

Yesterday I promised to write an article about the last tool Mary Robinette Kowal introduced in her (terrific!) workshop at SiWC last w...

I'm attending my third Surrey International Writers' Conference ( #SiWC2012 ) today but will be back Monday. I'll still post...

I love Bob Mayer's writing! I've read his (excellent!) blog, Write It Forward , for the past year or so and was eagerly looking for...

Over the years I've been told countless times that Don Maass is a great teacher, so one of the workshops I looked forward to attending ...

From my notes: What is the worst thing that ever happened to you and how are you using that to power your fiction? You don't have to us...

Sorry for the fractured nature of this post ( you can read part one here ). I don't work for a few hours, so let's do this! The f...

I've decided to go through my experience at the writers' conference day by day, beginning on the first day, Friday. Of course I ...