Why should you, as a writer, pay attention to computer games? James R. Preston shares lessons learned from the stories of good computer games.

An author who worked with young children shares the five life lessons she learned about life, writing, and how to see the world.

By Laura Drake About ten years ago, I had back surgery. After I healed, I went back to Domestic Goddess duties, but found I couldn’t vacuum anymore. Something about the pushing and pulling killed my back. So I informed Alpha Dog (did I mention he’s also Texan?) that this duty would have to fall to […]

by Fae Rowen This morning I walk into the kitchen for a drink of water and see a large fly on the window.  Turns out to be a bee. Well, with the diminishing numbers of the honeybee, I don't have the heart to smash it, so I try to "guide" it out the door.  Dumb […]

By Jenny Hansen Based on the title of this post, you might think I’m going to talk about plotting or character arcs or 3-Act structure… That’s a big fat “Nope!” to all three. There’s a lesson that comes before all those things and it has taken me a long time to get it through my […]