I love Murdoch Mysteries . I’ve watched the entire series, twice! It's a terrific series and enormously popular in Canada and the U...

One of the most difficult things about blogging is deciding exactly what to blog about. To be honest, I think picking a topic is someth...

This is the third and final post in a series on how to write a book in 15 days. In the first and second posts I talked about picking a t...

When someone writes a book in a week it's usually a nonfiction book, though it's perfectly possible to write a novella in 15 day...

I usually don’t make writing resolutions, but this year is different. There are several things I would like to improve and the New Year ...

In elementary school I dreaded writing essays. I had no idea how to proceed. That all changed in high school. I had an amazing teache...

“ I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit...

I’m going to pick up the thread of my last blog post where I talked about two things that drive us to write: First, the desire to commu...

I like writing descriptions for my stories about as much as I like eating day old spinach. So! In the best tradition of procrastinators...

Even if you practice the art and craft of writing for the pure fun of it, it's always nice to get paid! In light of this I thought I...

This article continues yesterday’s post on Deborah Chester’s notions of classic design . All quotations, below, are from her article Fig...