I took some time off from writing last week, and when it came time to get back to it this week, I was suddenly convinced I’d never write again. The jury is still out as to whether or not I’m wrong ...

The act of writing won’t solve anyone’s problems. But doing it well can throw light into the dark rooms of human experience. Or at least it can help you get into college and make your way in the world ...

Matt Sumell's novel-in-stories Making Nice is one of the funniest (and best) books of the year, featuring the self-destructive but well-meaning Alby--a "loser," according to his sister. Here, Sumell ...

Everyone knows that outside of the school building, creative writing workshops aren’t graded. Whether it’s a group of retirees who cluster in the back of your corner coffee shop or the so-called Ponzi ...

Writing, for me, has always been relatively easy. I never struggled to come up with passable prose in short periods of time. And, I loved it. Perhaps not the “essays” we were assigned in school, but ...

For a writer, the dilemma is Faustian. Someone with a lot of money – say, Paramount – has a property they want to push into a new area – a roleplaying game, a novel – and they come to you for it.