There’s a bit of writing advice that I receive a lot: treat writing like your full-time job, sit down at the same time and place everyday, train your brain to be creative. I’ve heard it again and again, because it works.
For others, I’m assuming. Continue reading Changing the Scenery to Refresh Your Writing—By Kate Hammer
The trees of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. If I’m being completely honest, writing nonfiction terrifies me. But recently, I’ve … Continue reading Pushing Past the Fear of Writing Nonfiction—By Chanel M. Sutherland
The truth is, I’ve known since I began writing that if my husband Michael died, I couldn’t continue with the Chief Inspector Gamache mystery series. Continue reading I Thought I Was Writing a Potboiler—By Robyn Sarah
My first reading of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was as a parent. Growing up, I somehow managed to miss … Continue reading Writing, Mothering, and the Wild In-Between—By Gillian Sze
Ma was so many things; a Jehovah’s Witness preacher, an alcoholic with a troubled past, and an avid reader, poet, … Continue reading Writers: The Truth Can Set You Free—By Tamara Jong
“New line numeral one period space cap that the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog bold lazy dog … Continue reading What If Your Computer Listened to You?—By Mariam S. Pal
I was sitting by the gas-lit fireplace in my local library when a book on the table caught my eye. … Continue reading Amazing Grace: A Literary Friendship—By S. Nadja Zajdman
1. Show Up A link to the Spoken Word residency at the Banff Centre shows up in my feed. I … Continue reading Writing by Numbers—by B.A. Markus
One Tuesday—or was it Wednesday? —I visited my parents. Written anything lately? asked my dad, during supper. I had. I … Continue reading Tuesday, or Was It Wednesday?—by Joshua Levy
When my grandfather died, it was as if his thoughts were transferred to me. All those years he said I … Continue reading Death is Why I Write by Kate Henderson
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