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How a Tribe Can Make You a Better Writer

By Darryl Bollinger I recently celebrated a birthday and received a wonderful card from dear friends. On the cover, with […]

This month the Amelia Island Book Festival welcomes Diana Gabaldon as one of the headlining, bestselling authors. She is already […]

I write spy thrillers. I invent devious characters and spin tales about terrible events and I have free reign because […]

Sometimes well-loved sections must be cut from your manuscript because they do not serve the story. Many of us have […]

As a journalism student in college, I learned several lessons about patience, deadlines, and editors. First of all, editors have […]

When members of writers’ groups become friends, a wide variety of unintended consequences can arise. Catching-up on life can overtake […]

You know the feeling. You’re reading back through the start of a new project, admiring the first 10 pages of […]

Nancy: Books rely heavily on description and dialogue to reveal character. How does that differ in a screenplay? Wren: This […]

The manner in which our small group of friends helps one another with thorny writing problems is one of the […]

SPECIAL GUEST POST: This is Part 2 of an inspiring talk presented by Linda Hart Green, one of the principals […]