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Have a story idea that screams to be made into a novel that you just don't want to write? If...

This past weekend, I returned to my neighborhood Outback and enjoyed a steak and diet-friendly steamed vegetables. I've treated myself...

This is one of only two Friday the 13ths in 2006. Author Nate Kenyon made a post today about superstitions...

After taking a couple of weeks off from writing the novel because of the holidays and family time, I am...

I can't believe how far behind I've gotten with these things. Jess is now up to WWQ#9 now, and here...

Back around Halloween, Bill of "The Wildcat's Lair," posted his "Favorite Monster Novel Challenge." I've been promising to do this...

A while back, I decided to set December 1st as the date by which I would finish the first draft...

I am reminded by Wil of "The Daily Snooze" that National Novel Writing Month -- NaNoWriMo is the actual abbreviation...

No, says Miss Snark, the literary agent at her blog of the same title: Blogging sucks up time like a...

Jess of "CIW: The Other Invisible!" asked this question in her journal recently. (Thanks to Bill of "The Wildcat's Lair"...

It sounds like a silly concept, but I think a lot of writers are subconsciously looking for just that: permission...

Over the weekend, I attended the James River Writers Conference, an annual event in downtown Richmond. This was the third...

I've noticed a few writers complaining about Courier New, the supposed "standard" typeface most common for manuscripts. Some say that...

Author John Grisham and his wife are donating $5 million to establish a relief fund to help Mississippians rebuild after...

Speaking at the National Book Festival on October 8, 2004, Novelist Patricia Wrede was asked what advice, besides "Read, read,...

"Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing...