Hunker Down & Get Cozy: Why Winter Is a Productive Time to Write Your Memoir
If you’re feeling low from winter, rather than let it affect your writing, instead, try hunkering down and getting…
Read More
Publishing in Literary Magazines: the Best First Step for an Emerging Writer
by Jenna Kalinsky. When you know in your gut that your short story, personal essay, or poem is done…
Read More
50 Books in 12 Months: My Year in Competitive Reading
by Janet Hoy. Never one to shy away from reading, when avid reader Janet Hoy encountered a 50 books…
Read More
3 Reasons Writing Your Thoughts Down Makes You Feel Better
by Jenna Kalinsky. If you ever find yourself feeling blue, anxious, or overwhelmed, all you have to do is…
Read More
The 5 Stages of a Manuscript: The Path to Publication
Where the writing of your book is lawless, murky, and full of unexpected twists and turns, once your…
Read More
Get Outta Town! A Guide to Writing Residencies, Retreats, and Conferences
by Jenna Kalinsky. If your living room/bedroom/garden shed has lost its allure as a writing space, and you’re itching…
Read More
How to turn “mistakes” into your best writing
We’ve all experienced it – you’re working away on a project and realize after several paragraphs have gone by…
Read More
Warm, Concise, Confident, & Direct: Finding the Perfect Balance in Email
Writing gracious and empathetic emails is an excellent goal. But if you aim to achieve this (even inadvertently)…
Read More
The Essential Guide for the Care & Maintenance of Your Writing Tools
by Jenna Kalinsky. Writers: are we ever lucky! (Not a phrase you either say or hear very often,…
Read More
How to Stop Being a Perfectionist and Just Write Your First Draft
Perfectionists typically edit their early writing because it hurts to see it emerge in such a messy state! But…
Read More