Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Ginny Padgett I must say Adam Ross’s Mr. Peanut goes against all the advice from experts we aspiring writers hear for crafting a first-ti...

By Suzanne Gwinner In April, I attended a weekend boot camp. A writers' boot camp. A children’s writers’ boot camp to be exact. When I ...

By Alex Raley My twelve-year-old grandson just finished a workshop in creative writing as a part of the University of South Carolina'...

By Laura P. Valtorta Stieg Larsson, (1954 – 2004) the Swedish author of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (in Sweden originally titled Men who...

By Kimberly Johnson I’m on the interstate (I-20 E) and I’m thinking about the topic for this blog. My radio’s on 97.5 FM and my AC is on 5....

Meet a New Writer MONET M. JONES I am currently a member of the SC Writers’ Workshop, and participate in several online writers’ groups. I r...

By Monet M. Jones As I approach the nether years of life, I have learned that the best way to garden is to let my son do it while I give him...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones Yesterday I went online to Amazon.com and did a search on one of my favorite topics, “books - writing - fiction,” to...

By Deborah Wright Yoho Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, "It is a luxury to be understood." Perhaps this is the reason a writer is a crea...

By Mayowa Atte Late at night, when sleep refuses my entreaties, I ask myself; what must I do to write the Truth? What must I do to write it ...

By Tiem Wilson The school year is coming to an end. The kids are going to Grandma’s for the ENTIRE summer vacation. What shall I do with my...

By Kimberly Johnson Country music songwriters are some of the finest writers. They immediately assemble the basic building blocks to a good...

By Ginny Padgett This blog spot is a great resource for aspiring writers, full of good counsel and information. Today I’d like to share a di...

Meet A New Writer MICHELLE GWYNN JONES Michelle Gwynn Jones has found a way to combine three of her favorite things: her enjoyment of resear...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones When I began my novel, Daniel's Law , I concentrated on the mystery that would unfold and the legal issues that ...

By Tiem Wilson Have you ever read a novel and asked yourself: is this a real-life experience for the author? When you read about certain tra...

Meet a New Writer JESSICA ROBISON Jessica Robison teaches English in a local high school. Always an obsessive reader, Jessica has recently c...

By Jessica Robison Some people are writers. Some people are cool. Then there are the elite few that manage to write and be cool at the same ...

By Bonnie Stanard A good conference does more than remind us of the dos and don’ts of writing—it inspires us to renew our writing efforts. I...

By Mike Long A lot of people have asked why a stockbroker in South Carolina would chose to write fiction about Texans in the Civil War. Well...