As we continue to explore how the unexpected might inform our writing, it becomes all the more challenging to stay motivated given the curr...

Howdy, Campers ~ and Happy Poetry Friday! (poems and link to PF below) I've been playing with  Golden Shovel  poems a lot lately--they s...

Once upon a time I had the good fortune to learn my craft from the  inimitable award-winning author Richard Peck, a true Best Man if ever  t...

As we near the end of our series of posts featuring favorite writing tips, I'm relieved none of the other TeachingAuthors has discussed...

       “You’re not reading that right!” said a new member of my critique group with dismay sprawled across her face.           It might...

     I don't know where I picked up this "best writing tip." It could've been in the Vermont College MFA Writing for Child...

I’m happy to report that yet one more unexpected Kodak Moment came my way this month, thanks to COVID-19: that of two long-ago high school...

This writing exercise – one I use in my classes -- is adapted from one of my favorite writing books, Writing the Breakout Novel Workb...

. Howdy, Campers, and Happy Poetry Friday! (my poem and the PF link are below) Perhaps some of you really ARE camping right this very min...