My friend Joyce Sweeney once said--and I'm sure I'm slightly paraphrasing: "Craft books are for when things aren't going w...

Or maybe the title should be more ABOUT setting. Goodness knows, I've blogged a few times about setting. Just when I think I've...

Although this random, un-alphabetized, somewhat messy list I've created offends my Librarian Sensibilities, I'm telling myself that ...

Since Friday was jam-packed and I had no time to write, this entry will cover the last two days and I'll try to keep it brief. No promis...

In some ways, I'm excited about finishing and getting back to work, using some of my new thoughts and advice from this week. But I hate ...

At 10 AM, I walked into a large room with circles of folding chairs, mostly already filled up with my fellow Writers in Paradise participant...

OK. I probably overestimated my abilities. I told my writing friends I'd be blogging about the conference each day. After Day 1, I can s...

OK, so how hard can this be. Write a little about what I read. Discuss the pros and cons of (mostly free) book reviewing I do. Pull my hair ...