Ah, writing. It’s an act we love and perhaps, even sometimes, avoid or abhor. With day jobs, obligations, families, and social lives, it can be hard to carve out a… Read more »

It’s almost Halloween, or at least almost that wondrously cold-hearted holiday where everyone basks in our imminent death.  If you’re like me, you do that year-round. If you’re like Shirley Jackson,… Read more »

According to English professor Joe Moran of Liverpool John Moores University in BBC, the most powerful tool in our writing repertoire is knowing how to use the period properly. Mastering… Read more »

Writing can be a wonderful journey, or a terrible slog. For many writers, certain plot points, sentence structure, character development, dialogue, intention, or even making time to write can put an obstacle the… Read more »

Tips from the master of horror.… Read more »

John Updike’s advice to young writers might seem blindingly obvious, but it’s very solid and practical. In this nearly two-minute video the author highlighted lots of insightful nuggets of getting… Read more »

Some of the best advice isn’t long-winded or over wordy. Instead, it’s short, brief, and to the point. Chilean novelist Isabel Allende is the master of brevity when it comes to dishing the… Read more »

According to Mark Twain, master of satiric commentary and famed writer of boyhood adventures like Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, the key to writing a great novel… Read more »

“I think all of the best stories, and works of art more generally, have a sense of mystery in them, the idea that they have not yet given up all their secrets…”… Read more »

I love a good literary interview. The sort that deep-dives into a tell-all conversation between one or more authors that eventually leads to conclusions like “this worked for me, maybe… Read more »