Question Everything
I’m delighted to welcome to the blog my editor and the March Write Now! Mastermind guest, Melissa Anne Wuske. I met Melissa just about a... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Fruit Bowl Project
A few years ago, a bookseller at Boswell Book Company told me about The Fruit Bowl Project: 50 ways to tell a story by Sarah... Read More
Dealing with Rejection
Dealing with Rejection By Rochelle Melander This manuscript of yours that has just come back from another editor is a precious package. Don’t consider... Read More
Does Your Idea Work?
Ideas are cheap and abundant; what is of value is the effective placement of those ideas into situations that develop into action. –Peter F. Drucker... Read More
The Project Book
In 2002, when Julie Powell began her Julie and Julia blog project, cooking 524 of Julia Child’s recipes in a single year, the project book... Read More
Writers Read
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. —Stephen King On Saturday,... Read More
The Well-Shod Writer
Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out. —Iris Murdoch I’d planned to begin a new series on nonfiction book formats... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Ideal Bookshelf
Last week, I happened upon artist Jane Mount’s Ideal Bookshelf series of paintings and fell in love! I lusted after this print of middle grade... Read More
What Do You Know: The Writer’s Inventory
When I speak to groups of writers, I frequently hear the question: what should I write about? Last week we talked about how following our... Read More
Wednesday Writing Prompt: The Daily Calendar
Write fast and carelessly every day. Forget all the rules. Forget your fears. Forget what your English teacher told you about the... Read More