Chair & Pen: Musings on Writing and the Writing Life

People Who Don’t Read Fiction

By Duncan Smith

Digital Rhetoric: Writing in Today’s Day and Age

By D. A. Youngblood

Though the nature of writing may never change, the methods involved are transforming rapidly. With the emergence of technologies such as smartphones, laptops, tablets and the like, sharing opinions…

How do you know when your writing is good enough for an agent?

What Cause Moves You?

By Marcia E. Kelley

Writers can find and create a passion project by writing for a cause. Whether it is helping abused children, fixing potholes in your neighborhood, or providing clean drinking water in a foreign land, you can find a cause that moves you into…

Tips to Ditch the Writer’s Doubt

By Carrie Severson

Five Self-Pub Truths (I wish I’d known)

By Rebecca M. Lyles

After decades as a writer and editor, I should have known better. But what do salaried non-fiction writers know about publishing a commercial book? Nothing. So, naturally, I decided to write one.

10 Killer Tips for Beating Writer’s Solitude

By Vickie Miller

When I decided to take up writing and to take it seriously, I was skeptical. Not only is writing all the words a daunting kind of task, but it’s reportedly a lonely world filled with unhealthy vices and…

How to Stay Healthy with your Fingers to the Keyboard: A Writer’s Guide

By Vickie Miller

As writers we don’t always have the healthiest examples. Stories of famous writers whose vices are vodka or cigarettes or both, give the impression that we don’t…

The Building Blocks of a Balanced Life

By Vickie Miller

A life without boundaries is a life without balance. Draw a firm line and allow no one to cross it. Not even you.

It’s easy to get caught up in the belief that just because you’re a writer, you…