Susan Donovan   Pages per day. Word count. Butt in chair. Drop-dead due dates. These are our mantras, the rhythm of the writing life. Whether we work for ourselves or New York publishing houses, we authors are ninjas when it comes to merciless goal setting and self-flagellation. But what do we do if our lives […]

Heather Webb Failure. Hmmmm. Well, I recently entered two contests and wasn’t selected. I’ve had agents who didn’t want me, editors who didn’t want my book(s), and enough negative reviews to be christened an author. I’ve also had the illustrious pleasure of receiving a small handful of emails from Wikipedia Historians telling me why I’m […]

Cathy Lamb When I was about eight, my parents took my sisters, my brother, and me on a six week camping trip in a tent. Yes, I said six weeks. No, my parents had not lost their ever lovin’ minds. My father had a sabbatical, they were sick of the city, and they wanted out. […]

This is an actual file on my computer: I confess that I’ve accessed it more than once. Truth is, anyone who’s been writing for a while knows there will be moments when you wonder if you’re really cut out to be a writer. This feeling strikes writers who struggle to finish their first novel; writers […]

Sue Ward Drake I recently spoke on a panel at Romance Writers of America national conference on writing disabled characters. I was asked to present because I had previously worked with the conference for permission to have a transcriber at workshops because I’m deaf. At my recent presentation, an audience member asked if I thought […]