Blog 2026

by Jeff Schmoyer Editor’s Note:  For this week’s Throwback Tuesday, we’re revisiting a 2023 post from Jeff Schmoyer that breaks down what it really means […]

by Merida Bass Hot take: Reading classical literature is a waste of time. Every writer has been encouraged to read the stuff. They are books […]

by Steven Anderson If I had known everything I needed to learn, I might not have ever started. What a marvelous advantage it is, being […]

By Mandy Houk In the spring of 2007, I attended my very first Pikes Peak Writers Conference, then held at the Colorado Springs Marriott. I’d […]

by Kim Olgren It’s Throwback Tuesday! This week, we’re spotlighting an archived gem from our current PPW President, Kim Olgren—a thoughtful guide to the benefits […]

by Erica Balfour  Tension keeps readers turning pages, whether they’re reading about the climactic battle to determine the fate of the world or the spark-filled […]

by Carol Berg There are certain questions people frequently ask writers. We’ve all heard them: What’s your writing day like? Plotter or pantser? Some, mostly […]

By Sam Knight There are so many! But let’s get some simple ones out of the way so we can move on with our writing […]

by Kaitlyn Price Ah Fantasy. My favorite genre. My love for fantasy began at an early age with movies like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, and […]

By Deborah L. Brewer Perhaps you’d like to give your mind a little workout—a sudoku for writers, if you will. Let me introduce the triolet, […]