by Byddi Lee Author Byddi Lee has created a dystopian tale in which she’s nailed all three facets of great science fiction: a flawed, yet...

by Katie Lewis Often books and conferences for writers focus on the big parts of stories, such as plot, characters, pace, dialogue, etc....

After reading Carolyn R. Russell’s dystopian young adult novel, In the Fullness of Time (due out March 17, see previous post), I got to...

I was happy to receive an advance copy of this book. I was even happier to truly appreciate the author’s restraint when it comes to...

by Melanie Faith I grew up in Chicago and about once every winter would wake up to a mountain of snow outside my window and more falling...

After talking recently with a young freelancer friend about the necessity of regularly letting people know who you are and what you have...

Recently I had the pleasure of helping my friend, a fitness pro, carry out annual health assessments on firefighters employed by the...

See this scrap of paper? That’s what I grabbed and began scribbling on as I listened to the HiHelloSura Show podcast featuring Anita...

To develop a plan for launching my upcoming literary book, Winter Light, which will be published Oct. 6 by Vine Leaves Press, I’m taking...

As I read this book, the writing became “gorgouser and gorgeouser,” the very term the main character uses to describe — with full-on...

I am jazzed to announce The Wind Thief, my second book and first novel, is now available as an ebook through all of the major outlets....

A lot of people I talk to want to build a regular writing habit, but don’t know how. Here’s my process, which works for undertaking...

I woke up this morning dreaming about a book I finished three weeks ago. That’s the highest praise I can give a book, to still be...

I have a break in my workday as a personal trainer and fitness instructor and so am writing from my favorite coffee shop (Philz). I’ve...

Fellow author as well as podcaster, screenwriter and psychotherapist Dennis Palumbo has recently had a wonderful how-to article titled...

My sister and I believe my dad, now deceased, had Asperger’s Syndrome (AS), a largely hereditary form of high-functioning autism in which...