In today’s Write Now interview, S.G. Blaise shares about her three-month planning process and thirty-day writing sessions. — Do you plan out your writing or dive in and see what happens? In today’s Write Now interview, S.G. Blaise shares about her three-month planning process and thirty-day writing sessions. Enjoy today’s interview. Who are you? Hello, my name is S.G. Blaise, and I am an award-winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy author of The Last Lumenian…

This Week In Writing, we break out the thesaurus to compare diction size and explore the power of unique words. — I had a friend in high school who loved telling people about the size of his diction. It was his favorite joke and probably tells you all about who I was in high school. …

In today’s Write Now interview, Trevor J. Houser talks about his first story and how that uniqueness still fuels his writing today. — What was the first story you wrote as a child? In high school, I wrote an “autobiography” about growing up on a circus train while being raised by the monkeys and lion tamer. All of that is clearly false (or is it?), but the teacher never instructed our autobiography needed…

This Week In Writing, we celebrate Poetry at Work Day by exploring ways to write while on the job without getting distracted (or fired). — I’ve never been much of a poet (and yes, I do know it). One close brush with poetry came in 10th grade English class. We were tasked with memorizing and reciting a poem, and the number of stanzas determined our potential grade. While one of my overachieving classmates memorized all…

Do you want to know how to win everything this year? Sure, we all do. The answer is a lot simpler than you realize. — I took the last two weeks of the year off from writing. Frankly, it was nice and provided a level of restoration I needed to move into 2022. Instead of following suit, it seems like everyone and their cousin took that time to write “how to win ( insert literally…

Today’s Write Now interview features Pastor Sherman Haggerty, former director of a transitional housing program in Northern California. — It’s not every day that a Write Now interview aligns with the freelance writing I do for clients. Outside of The Writing Cooperative and Write Together, Inc., I help nonprofit organizations tell their stories. Nonprofit organizations are the backbone of most communities and provide the essential services far too many…

Today’s Write Now interview features sixth-generation California wine-maker and author, Steven Kent Mirassou. — I once asked an author what the hardest part of publishing their novel was. They responded, “Cutting the book down from about 1,200 pages to 750.” Editing often means letting go of words we’ve written. In today’s Write Now interview, Steven Kent Mirassou explains all writers need a healthy relationship…