There is something intimate and special about handwriting. It’s as unique and individual as a fingerprint. It takes more effort…
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Writing Life
Writing Thoughts to Think
I love motivational quotes and mantras. But here was a time when I was embarrassed to admit it. I felt…
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10 Ways to Help Authors
Writers hate asking, but they need our help. For many of them, book deals are hard to get, advances are…
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Pro Tips for Shopping a Used Book Fair
I recently learned that the Japanese have a word—“tsundoku”—for the habit of buying reading material and letting it pile up….
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A Brief Defense of Using a Thesaurus (in which I disagree with Stephen King)
You may not even know that the humble thesaurus comes under attack, but it does. The topic arose this week…
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Don’t Know What to Write About? Choose Something Mundane
Some writers are never at a loss over what to write about, and some find themselves frequently stuck in the…
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