My husband and I are vegetarians. Which doesn’t mean we don’t like chocolate, red wine, foreign food, exotic cheese… In other words, we do...

I love finding books by sheer accident. Sometimes I luck out by focusing solely on the lower shelves at the library, or by hunting up and do...

You don’t have to be famous to write your memoirs. Neither do you have to pass some kind of age-related test that pronounces you “long-lived...

My favorite books share two essential qualities: they make me feel “I was there” and they make me feel I’ve been changed in some meaningful...

Today marks the start of Script Frenzy , another 30 days of nonstop writing fun and madness, only this time the emphasis is on screenwritin...

Last week I wrote about choosing the “right” writer’s group. This week I want to talk about how to start and maintain a group of your own. ...

Hi Valerie, I took your writing class a few years ago and was working on a children’s book at the time. I’ve finished that book and now am ...