Beyond to-do: how do you use lists?

Photo credit: xololounge from morguefile.com  Instead of dispensing advice this week, I'm seeking feedback from you, dear readers. This will be short but...

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No stamp required: epistle brainstorming

“Epistle” is a fancy word for letter or correspondence; coming from the Greek, it means “send news.” Epistle brainstorming is a method in which you write imagined correspondence...

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Expertise is everywhere: why and how to use interviews to research fiction

Book and Internet research can provide you will all kinds of wonderful facts and details, as well as stimulate your thinking about possible story events, locations, and people...

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Creatively burned out? Grab a pen (or crayon)

Photo by clarita at morguefile.com If you’re suffering from serious stress, so much that stringing sentences together feels impossible, try taking a purely visual route to...

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Writer on the road: researching setting

photo by deegolden at morguefile If you're heading out on the road (or air or sea) for some much-needed rest and relaxation, you don't necessarily need to lug along your laptop...

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