When I was young, I had an idea about what being a writer looked like….
WRITING LIFE: From a Stay-at-Home Mom, Where Being Interrupted is a Way of Life by Sheena Stimpfl
Category: Writing Life
Our Writing Life column archive, which features an array of guest contributors.
WRITING LIFE: Slack Tide: When the Writing Stops By Maria “Mia” Millefoglie
Publication requires us to reconcile two selves: the private one who creates and the public self who asks others to listen.
WRITING LIFE: 5 Lessons for Writers from a Small Press Founder Celebrating 5 Years by Angel R. Ackerman
When you build something from nothing, success comes from a combination of preparation and vision.
WRITING LIFE: When Those Well-Intentioned ‘Do This, Not That’ Rules Grind You Down by Lori D’Angelo
There’s lots of writing advice out there. Some of it is good. Some of it is bad, and some of it is downright paralyzing.
WRITING LIFE: Memoir Fail: On Writing Without Emotional Insight by Jodi Sh. Doff
….Looking back, I saw I was writing about a time in my life when I didn’t care about the narrator—myself—either.
WRITING LIFE: How Writing Islands Helped me Create my Own Archipelago, my Memoir by Colleen Clemens
Somewhere along the way, I convinced myself that writing a book was for other people.
WRITING LIFE: The Writing Instructor Trio: Confidant, Coach & Critic by Olga Katsovskiy
I don’t think instructors talk enough about the emotional toll it takes, how hard it is to juggle and hold up all those voices on the table.
WRITING LIFE: Notes on a Debut: Engaging Community Through a Book Launch by Melanie Pappadis Faranello
Connecting people through self-expression is something I care deeply about.
WRITING LIFE: 20 Minutes of Daily, Focused Freewriting is Responsible for My Sanity By Helene Kiser
I admire writers who have the stamina to spend daily disciplined hours on their writing. That’s not me.
WRITING LIFE: Who Says Blogging is Passé? For Me, It Rocks by Dorothy Dean Walton
It may seem old-fashioned these days, but my daily writing practice revolves around a personal blog.
