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

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

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

By Monique Bos One of my fiction teachers observed a strict “rule of three” about descriptions. Writers, he believed, should […]

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

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

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

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

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

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