WARNING:  This is a no-edit zone... Writers are in a sedentary profession.   Most of us these days do the majority of our writing at a desk on a computer screen.  In many...

WARNING:  This is a no-edit zone... In the last week, every email that I’ve gotten from those who read this blog has related to crisis and stress.  Understandable, considering....

WARNING:  This is a no-edit zone... When writing a novel, the author guides readers in their emotional responses and reactions to what is occurring in the events through multiple...

© 1996-2008, Vicki Hinze Giving or receiving a critique is supposed to be helpful to the author of a work.  A positive experience that encourages growth and gives the author an...

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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO WRITE A BOOK? How do you schedule deadlines you know you can make? How do you have time to write, to do the ancillary work, and have a life? WARNING: ...

WARNING:  This is a no-edit zone... As human beings, we snip phrases like “S/he’s got the bug.” We might mean a virus (very much on my mind as one’s laid me low for the past four...

Over half-a-decade ago, I was asked the question:  WHY DO YOU WRITE BOOKS? I responded: All writers are asked why they write. Often, more than once, and often, the writer fumbles...