I’m currently reading Laura Vanderkam‘s Tranquility by Tuesday.  I’m a longtime fan of hers—I follow her blog and I’m pretty sure I’ve...

If you’ve taken a college-level writing course, chances are you’ve heard the term thesis.  But do you have a good understanding of what...

I've been thinking about this recently--how to expand safely. By expand, I mean: try new things, take risks, put yourself (and your...

On Writing a Good Conclusion This is the fourth, and final, installment of my 'how to' series. If you'd like to check out the earlier...

I’ve wanted to write fiction for years, literal years, and I’ve made various stabs at it here and there, but there have always been...