A few weeks ago, I finished reading Up from Slavery, the autobiography of educator and former slave, Booker T. Washington. He was about...

You heard me. I did it. I wrote 50,000 words (50,117, to be exact), in twenty-nine days. I finished on Saturday evening while I was...

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Last time you saw me, I had caught back up with my word count despite the relapse in week one and my lack of passion for the project....

I've been listening to Taylor Swift a lot lately--everything from her old school country tunes to her synthesized pop masterpieces--and I...

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You heard them all the time in high school or Writing 101 classes--"common writing advice." But are they really all that common and are...

For the first time ever, I decided that I wanted to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. Since I'm writing...

You've heard it all before. You're too young. You're too immature. You lack experience and perspective. You haven't found your "voice."...

After you've been writing a while, you start to notice patterns. Maybe it's a type a character, a location, or a symbol. These recurring...