Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Shaun McCoy Sometimes you want to sneak up on your reader. You stay carefully understated as you suck them into your narrative, inch by i...

By Deborah Wright Yoho At an age too young, striving to please my parents, teachers and peers, I lost myself. My writing is about finding my...

By Bonnie Stanard Would you buy a book with “darling” in the title? “Beauty?” I’ve been thinking about a title for my antebellum novel for o...

By David Sennema I had no concept of the significance of the day the publishers came to me. Well, they didn’t exactly come to me…...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones Whether it is a desire to learn how to sail or teaching Messapian, subplots add depth to your characters and layers ...

By Monet M. Jones I think POV is a lot of BS. Let me clarify that statement. I think strict adherence to a particular Point of View when wri...

Meet a New Writer SHAUN McCOY I was born in Scripts Hospital in San Diego California. I met the love of my life in Poway at the age of thre...

By Shaun McCoy Stop. You've seen this before. It's worse than a stereotype. You could even call it a trope (the dirtiest of all wo...

By Amanda Simays Recently at the middle school where I work, my fellow volunteers and I started after-school clubs — Hip Hop Aerobics, Photo...

By Kimberly Johnson “The Bouquet residence. The lady of the house speaking!” There’s a lot of ha-ha packed into that line. And Hyacinth Bu...

By Laura P. Valtorta As I begin writing a sequel to Carmen’s Universe – my novel about the future – I contemplate the pathway from idea to ...

By Alex Raley I recently made a trip with folks who kept referring to me as “sir.” Most of the people were well past fifty years. This was a...

By Deborah Wright Yoho When I last read a selection at our writers' workshop, someone remarked, "How can you remember all these det...

By Suzanne Roberts I’ve collected some ideas in my attempts to make my writing more natural and clear, so that the reader can see and feel w...

By Monet M. Jones One of my favorite artists performed one of the saddest songs I’ve ever heard. Many years ago, Carly Simon sang: “That’s t...

By Michelle Gwynn Jones Foreshadowing is a writer’s way of giving the reader hints of events to come, an incentive to keep turning the page....

By Bonnie Stanard In writing a story about slaves and plantation owners, I have enjoyed rummaging around old words and expressions. I can on...

By Mike Long I continue to hone my marketing skills, as there is zero marketing support for a self-publisher. This may not be all bad as I r...

By Ginny Padgett Even though I consider myself a veteran writer, I have just been published for the first time under my own name in the Peti...

By Kimberly Johnson Not the one off the southern tip of Spain. I’m talking about the former pro wrestler, Dwayne Johnson. He’s an element of...