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
In April 2020, we invited writers in Quebec to submit a story of a single day during the strange, uneasy … Continue reading Writer’s Block in the Time of Corona—By Carolyn Marie Souaid
I didn’t want to write this book. I first heard Milly Zantow’s story in Sauk City, the small Wisconsin town … Continue reading I Didn’t Want to Write This Book by Elise Moser
Like bread dough, my writing seems to require time to rise in a warm, draft-free place. The long proofing period … Continue reading Slow Writing by Chris Galvin
In any life, there are events that shake us to the core. Some occur when we are very young, and … Continue reading Writing Tragedy by Jack Todd
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