by Deborah L. Brewer It’s January again, and like many of you, I’m planning for a productive writing year. Part of that planning is to […]

Part 1 – A Chat with Aaron Reynolds Children’s literature is a genre that is dear to my heart, as I’m sure it is to […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer Have you wondered about teaching a writing class or workshop? There are well over 100 recurring writers’ conferences in […]

By AJ Metzger The Journey There and Back Writing while traveling is not the same as travel writing, although the two aren’t mutually exclusive. Writing […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer Every story, if it is to be a compelling read, needs conflict and obstacles for its protagonists to overcome […]

By AJ Metzger I’ll admit I planned for the past 3 years to participate in NaNoWriMo and each year I started strongish but all the […]

By Monique Bos I’ll never forget the first Stephen King book I read: Pet Sematary.  I was sixteen, and at the religious high school I […]

By Trista Herring Baughman Hello, Dear Readers,  Spooky Season is my favorite season–the (sometimes) cooler weather, the fresh, crisp air, the smell of bonfires and […]

Hello, Dear Readers, I’ve taken several writing classes recently. A lot of them cover the same topics in similar ways. But just when I think […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer A debut novel, like other firsts, requires the mastery of various skills along a steep learning curve, including language, […]

By Laura Hayden “To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.” Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) Webster defines humor as “that which is comical or amusing.”  […]

By Deborah L Brewer “…kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” Thus, Stephen King […]

By Monique Bos One of my fiction teachers observed a strict “rule of three” about descriptions. Writers, he believed, should provide three—no more and no […]

By Catherine Dilts Gems I gleaned from workshops I attended at the 2024 Pikes Peak Writers Conference. It’s impossible to capture all I learned at […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer When I think of cozy mysteries, I often think of bookshops, tea time, quaint towns, and cats. But cozies, […]

By Johnny Worthen My academic career was not in writing but in criticism. When I turned my powers to evil and became a writer, I […]

by Sam Knight Show, don’t tell, they say. And then you ask what that means, they ramble off into infinity, citing works and authors you’ve […]

By Catherine Dilts Certain stages in life are clearly defined. Birth. School graduations. Weddings. They occur at a specific date and time. Retirement has been […]

(or The Importance of Having Your Story Read by a Bunch of Other People Before You Submit it for Publication) By Bowen Gillings You’ve written […]

By Marlene Fabian Stiles Every writer has gems of ideas whirling around their heads like electrons circling a nucleus. The Pikes Peak Writers’ Anthology project […]

An Interview by Deborah L. Brewer A multi-genre author of fifteen novels and many short stories, Laura Hayden wears many hats in the publishing industry. […]

One of the most frequently asked questions authors receive is, “Where do you get ideas for your stories?” To which the answer is most often, […]

By Jenny Kate In the ever-changing landscape of book marketing, staying abreast of the latest trends is crucial for authors. As we step into 2024, […]

By Deborah Brewer I don’t know about you but my writing goals for this new year are going to take some doing. But writers, we’ve […]

So, you want to write a book. Or perhaps you’ve written one and would like to write more. Where should you start? How can you […]