by Olive Balla
Here’s the commonly accepted drill in the quest for publication:
- Take a few creative writing classes.
- Buy a library full of treatises on how to write the great American novel.
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The Writing Life: In Defiance of the Norm
The Writing Life: Finding the Fight and the Fun in Your Work
by Sherri Burr
Recently, fortune blessed me with the opportunity to watch live tennis at a high-level tournament in Ohio. As I observed tennis star Serena Williams fight back after losing the first set to win the next two sets and claim the match,
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An Interview with Corrales Writing Group: On Group Structure and Indie Publishing
Corrales Writing Group is a closed group of six members who encourage each other in their individual writing journeys and together produce an annual anthology of essays and short pieces of fiction and memoir. The current group is made up of authors Christina Allen,
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The Challenges of Writing Historical Fiction
by Chris Eboch
Hot trends may come and go, but for some writers and readers, nothing takes the place of great historical fiction. So in honor of Black History Month (February) and Women’s History Month (March) let’s look at this enduring genre.
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Revising Fiction: The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing Dialogue
by Kirt Hickman
Realistic dialogue is one of the most difficult things for some writers to achieve. Compressing your dialogue to as few words as possible will help. If you’ve done that and the dialogue still rings false,
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An Interview with Author Jasmine Tritten
Jasmine Tritten is an author and artist whose grand adventure from her native Denmark to the Americas was decided by the flip of a coin. She now makes her home in Corrales, New Mexico with her husband,
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Grammatically Correct: Mixed Constructions Nonsense
by Dodici Azpadu
As writers, we can be lulled by careless speech into thinking that what we hear is correct on paper.
The reason the Yankees lost the series was because of their pitching.Sounds correct,
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The Writing Life: The Good Fight
by Olive Balla
The current economy has become a tough sparring partner for those of us who dream of seeing our stories in print. Many budding writers, after having been rejected for the umpteenth time,
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Songwriting: The Basics
by Robyn Mackenzie
So you want to write songs? Awesome! Music is a powerful and accessible medium with the ability to reach audiences of all ages. Sometimes, though, it’s hard to know where to start.
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An Interview with Author Lee Higbie
Lee Higbie is a past president of SouthWest Writers and co-founder/author liaison of Scribl, a new e-publishing company. A former computer engineer, he now writes fiction under the pen name BJ Creighton.
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