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...

This post is a continuation of Orson Scott Card & The MICE Quotient: How To Structure Your Story where I explain what Orson Scott Ca...

Donald Maass gave the final keynote address at this year's Surrey International Writers' Conference. His theme: Your writing matt...

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...

Here are more of my SiWC notes, these are from day two, Saturday. I've mentioned Robert Dugoni before, but I don't think I've be...

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 ...

The conference has ended and I've just settled down in front of a computer. I have one word for you: Wow! To call the conference awesom...