In January 2002 I started mailing and emailing a newsletter to students I’d taught over the years. I never suspected I’d still be at it 12 years later.  It’s my way of keeping in touch and sharing thoughts and ideas about the writing life. But in May my 100th edition will hit the presses, or […]

Contents: What Editor’s Notice Top Eleven Reasons Why Manuscripts are Rejected Tips for Staying Out of the Rejection Pile Tips for Fiction Writers Tips for Nonfiction Writers Common Fiction Errors Top Drawer Tools: Synopsis 1. What Editor’s Notice © Jessica P. Morrell Editors and agents are word people, most were English majors in college and […]

Writing as Practice ©Jessica P. Morrell Writing becomes an act of compassion toward life, the life we so often refuse to see because if we look too closely or feel too deeply, there may no end of our suffering. But words empower us, move us beyond our suffering and set us free.~ Terry Tempest Williams […]

Contents: Christi Corbett Arthur Plotnik is in the House The Remarkable Cheryl Strayed The Chronology of Water, Lidia Yuknavitch Emily Whitman Christi Corbett I’ve been following Christi Corbett’s track to success for a few years now. We first met her when her debut historical romance Along the Way Home was but a dream. Now her […]