Picture it: your writing space on any given day. You have your beverage of choice at hand, your laptop/notebook/typewriter all set up to...

The next few weeks looks like a long, dark tunnel from where I sit at my laptop, waiting to answer emails that may or may not come. But...

#writing #rejection #perseverance I have not written in 5 months. Not consistently, anyway. It has been a rough few months emotionally,...

#rejection #writing #writementor #revpit #contest There are some amazing writing contests on Twitter. Revpit, PitMad, DVPit,...

#bookreview #review #40tips #creativewriting This book, you guys. Oh my goodness. If you’re a writer, you need to read it. If you want to...

#writing #struggling #writersblock #rejection You know those magical moments when you sit down at the computer with a perfect picture of...

#campnanowrimo #nanowrimo #youngwritersprogram #ywp Greetings, friends! It's finally (technically) spring, which means it's time for Camp...

#poem #poetry #knight Charlie the White Knight, out riding one bright night, to make his final stand, cried, “Hey Diddle Diddle”, his...

#poem #travel #Norway #Oslo #OldAkerKirke #poetry At Old Aker Kirke at half past eight, a man put a rose in the old iron gate. He did not...

#fluffscene #backstory #wordweaver The apartment was drafty.  Yorin thought about talking to the landlord, but he didn't have the...

#publishing #rejection #writingcommunity Today when I checked my email, I found a message from one of the publishers to whom I sent...

She doesn’t show her poems to anyone. At least, not right away. She finds them sometimes, crumpled, folded, hidden away, and rereads...

So you’ve been asked to critique someone’s work- congratulations! But where do you start? How can you make sure your advice is taken...

#education #writing #students Writing is important- we all know that. We all know we're supposed to include writing in our lessons as...

#fluffscene #writing #wordweaver "He used to yell all the time," Yorin says in a stage whisper.  I glance over at Six, but he appears to...

#fluffscene #writing #wordweaver "Let me look at your hand," Somre orders. I hesitate, tucking my arm reflexively behind my back. Somre...

#poem #poetry #fernweh Certain days are just driving, or wanting to. When the sun gleams like polished armor, dazzled, dream-glossed...

#poem #poetry #theend I can only blame myself. The dread, the pain, slightly different yet the same. The fleeting glimpse of joy-...

#poetry #poem #moon The moon has snuggled down beneath its cloud-soft bed- covered up its head and dimmed its yellow light. It is a...

Writer's block (or as I like to call it: Inspiration Constipation) is a demon every writer has encountered. You get comfy at your writing...