To be an effective writer, you have to live with your emotions on the surface, all exposed and raw. You must dig deep into the pit of...

First of all, how many people know about NaNoWriMo? Most non-authors haven't heard of it, although some have and are intrigued with the...

I recently attended my first writing retreat in Albuquerque, New Mexico with the Women's Fiction Writers Association. My first solo...

As organized as I am, my brain is a frantic mess of ideas constantly whirling around like a dust cloud. I've recently finished edits for...

Most people think that authors get a story idea, they write it, they have an editor look at it, then BAM! they get it published. I'm here...

I talk a lot about the writing process, but today I'd like to talk about reading. Specifically, my relationship to books and stories....