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By Gillian Hill Editing can be a scary process. When you finally type the words THE END, the temptation to walk away and celebrate the...

As a writer with a day job, I often struggle to find the time to actually write.

‘It may never be good enough’, a refrain that, while keeping me editing, innovating, creating, also causes me deep anxiety.

This week we said goodbye to an old friend of mine. She was taken from us way to young. Being at the memorial service and watching...

by Andy Lee "Evening, there. Welcome in from the damp. How can we be of help?" The bartender was bald and tattooed, well muscled in black...

To writers: Find a local writers group and attend at least twice. If you already do that schedule two additional hours per week into your

by Andy Lee May 12, 2019 Derek Jacobi is such a great actor that everyone, cast, audience, even the directors, are convinced that D’Arcy...

Start with the big goal and a dead line for that big goal. I usually make my big goals at the start of the year and check in with them...

By Andy Lee Getting published can be a long hard slog. In the January 2019 issue of Writer's Digest (p. 10), Caroline Starr Rose talks...

Whether you plot or not, visually playing with your plot, even as you are creating it, can help a writing project move forward. If you’ve...

As Camp NaNo comes around again I've been thinking about the stages of editing. Like writing they're different for every author, yet they...

Words have power; they spark imagination, inform, inspire, and their application is both indulgence and sacrifice. Words are mysterious...

There are many articles out there about the ideal writing habits for those who want to be successful. Surely some of those habits work ...

In my day job I spend a lot of time reading the writing of others and instructing students in "how to write" One of the biggest things I...

by Andy Lee Jordi and Mitzi curtesy of Jordi Burton As part of our mission, Pub518 is committed to helping emerging writers. Jordi Burton...

CLICHÉ TO YOU Originally Posted 8/5/2018 Writers have heard over and over again, don’t use clichés. That they’re old hat and authors need...

A common piece of writing advice is to *never* start with the weather. Many say that, "it's not interesting and there are better ways to...

What comes after the button? Originally posted 8/19/2018 ​We’ve talked a lot on this blog about how to write your story, get your idea,...

Photo from Pixabay.com Nature writing, whether poetry, novel, or non-fiction, is a brand of writing that people adore or abhor....