by Lynn H. Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Not too long ago, I learned to SCUBA dive. I was so excited! I’ve wanted to learn for a long time. Unfortunately, I was NOT a star student. Oh, I did great in class. All the calculations for pressure and volume? No problem. (Who says…

by Aaron Gansky @ADGansky If you’ve been writing long, you’ve heard all the evils of using the passive voice. It sneaks into our prose without permission, and disguises itself among our active sentences like a malevolent chameleon. But unless you teach English classes in all your spare time, there’s a…

@LisaCarter27 I’ve always been in love with words. Before I learned to read, I can remember rolling words around on my tongue, savoring the flavor of the sounds. Words are powerful. Words can be used for good or evil. As a writer, teacher and speaker, I search to capture just…

@LucindaSMcDowel As you read today’s blog I am knee-deep in launching a new book. With all that entails. Including the uneasy feeling of “self-promotion” which, frankly, is a struggle for me. You too? Yeah, it’s that whole tension between being excited about sharing our words with the world and being…

@LynnHBlackburn In my humble opinion, your fellow writers are at least as important and in many cases are more important to your success than any agent or editor. Now hear me out on this. I have the BEST agent. BEST. There is no way I would be where I am…

@RhondaRhea I’ve discovered something rather disturbing about myself:  I’m a salad dressing whiny-baby. It’s not like I’m even all that into salad. I think we all know I’d rather have chocolate. Or coffee. Or chocolate mixed with coffee. But the other day I found myself with a salad that needed…