Endings that leave you thinking, gee, I wish there was MORE here...sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it's not so good. I...

I've been meaning to post these for quite some time, and apologize for that. I also apologize for being sort of absent. Part of the writ...

NaNoWriMo is the NA tional NO vel WRI ting MO nth competition, where you attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. (Look here for mo...

Writing for the SmartWriter's W.I.N. Contest is just as hard as I thought it would be!!! If all else fails, and I totally bail on the c...

...for major revisions. As soon as I figure out what that is, I'll let you know.

At the distinct risk of spilling all of my deep secrets, I'll tell you what prompted me to begin writing the food novel I hope to someda...

They're not for everyone, these two books, but for those who become enmeshed in the worlds they depict, they are can't-put-it-down, ...

Okay, this one's actually more like an amusing writing tool, but now you can link your slang to definitions on the web. In 2003 a sm...

It's only days away - the October 31 deadline for the SmartWriters.com short story contest . Just a $10 per entry fee gives you the cha...

Though I had to miss our own Meeta at the VONA venue, the Lit Crawl's first annual YA reading venue was definitely a success. Valencia S...

A. Fortis really inspired me to push forward through my rejection letter angst awhile back, and try to get an agent. I've pitched thre...

When the ideas won't come, and the words no longer seem to be your friends, what do you do? Personally, I have a bible of creative block...

It occured to me, after musing away on short stories the other day, to wonder why there aren't more anthologies and prizes celebrating t...

I have to admit that although I haven't posted lately, I've been doing an awful lot of reading. Some of it was re-reading. There is ...

Finding Neverland Lit Crawl Countdown!!! Count the days, people: 11 left. Start thinking of dinner, books, authors and Ess Eff!

Okay, here's the thing. I wanna be in an anthology. Yeah, I know, cool people like Seren are in anthologies, and it should be enough t...

In my latest SCBWI e-newsletter was the news that Scottish writer Julie Bertagna had won the Eco-Prize for her young adult novel Exodus , se...

Lately, after a longish and very irritating bout with writer's block--or writer's demotivation--I thought about how I got un-blocked...

Litquake Rocks!!! Thanks to the ever fab Tara Weaver, our humble Finding Wonderland writers are getting a primo chance to be involved wi...

This month's Book Page had a great feature on Jane Smiley's new book 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel . This book sounds a lot like ...