It's Monday. It's raining. I left the windows down in my car last night.  Does it get any better than this?       What I real...

xxx Howdy!  I was all set to write a whole post about the best advice I found on writing an acceptance speech.  It’s in an article by Thomas...

I know first-hand: writing a novel can easily overwhelm – both the writer and the writer’s life. I liken the experience to Alice’s, when sh...

If you allow me to slip into "teacher mode" for a moment, let's have a show of hands.  How many here are participating in Nati...

The Teaching Authors are so excited to host Poetry Friday today! What is Poetry Friday? A weekly celebration of poetry on the Web. Bloggers...

I'm hoping to make this post quick. You see, I'm working on my own novel writing challenge this month. As JoAnn and Mary Ann have ...

     It's like driving a car at night.  You never see further than your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.--E. L. Doc...

Inspired by this week's blustery autumn weather and Poetry Friday, I wrote a windy weather poem. Wind grabs the bird feeder, tosses i...

I’m a veritable caboose today, bringing up the rear: the last TeachingAuthor to close out our two weeks’ worth of Why We Write posts. Learn...