by Fae Rowen Not often, but sometimes I return to my teen experiences to help connect with a past emotion. It helps me get into a deep point of view by remembering something that happened. Since Young Adult Science Fiction is one of the genres I write in, this is a cool trick. But I […]

Laura Drake asks, "Where do you get your ideas?" and highlights how bestselling authors have answered that question and how you can too!

When I was 37 years old, I had a near-death experience that could have been prevented with a few simple changes to my daily routine. When Julie Glover asked, What would your TED talk be?, this was my first thought. What my brush with death taught me, and the easy habits that can keep writers […]

Leslie Marshman Life is unpredictable. For writers, its capriciousness can be especially difficult because it influences not only our ability, but also our desire, to create. More than one writer reading this has at some point wanted to quit writing for good. Maybe it was years ago. Maybe last week. Maybe this morning when you […]

Julie Glover asks the question "If asked to give a TED Talk, what would you say?" and asserts that you, dear writer, have expertise to share with others.