Find Your Writer's Voice: How to Kill the Faux Writer
Learn how to listen for your genuine voice as you silence that demon, The Faux Writer, who may persistently be trying to intrude.
The Trauma Memoir: Forging Art From Adversity
How writing about trauma can benefit us — both emotionally and physically.
“You Should Write a Book About Your Job!”
Your office horror stories leave your family aghast and your friends in stitches. Everyone says you should write a book about it. Are they crazy, or should you give it a shot?
On Writing and Revelation
Writing is lonely, difficult work, and on top of that, anyone who wants to master the craft of writing fiction has to self-reveal. This surprises people. Many novelists believe that they need only lose themselves in a character, but the truth is that a writer of fiction needs to dig deep in order to feel...