Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Bonnie Stanard When Shakespeare, in his play Julius Caesar , had Cassius say “The clock has stricken three,” he committed a faux pas whic...

By Tiem Wilson O ur blog rocks, let me be clear. U nlike any other, it’s a place to share R elevant information for those who care. B ooks, ...

By Kimberly Johnson I didn’t pay the $7.50 at the ticket window last Saturday. That’s right; I’m the only one who didn’t see Avatar . You kn...

By Mike Long I'm not sure where I'm going with this—it feels more like venting than advising potential writers. It seems to me that ...

By Mayowa Atte Not that kind of gut. I am talking about that other writer’s gut. The writer’s instinct. Among all the skills and talents a w...

By Deborah Wright Yoho As a writer, I feel buffeted by the pressures of globalization. Ever since I read Thomas Friedman’s iconic books on t...

By Monet Jones “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” What a bunch of nonsense! Most of us have heard this lin...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones Whenever I tell someone that I am a writer their first question is always “What do you write?” I can see the look of...

By Ilmars Birznieks Repeatedly educators and parents in our country question the relevancy of foreign languages in schools. Their argument i...

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...