Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Jodie Cain Smith Why do I write? The answer begins in early April 2003. Employed as a puppeteer (that’s an entirely different ...

By Laura P. Valtorta Recently I got invited to deliver a pitch to the A&E channel, and I ’ m very nervous about it. The prize is ...

By Leigh Stevenson We often think of artists, whether painters, actors, writers, musicians, dancers, et al. as endlessly creative. Ho...

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger BRIAN BARR Brian Barr is an American author of novels, short stories, and comic books. Brian has been ...

By Brian Barr “Your comics are good, man. You should just write more mainstream stuff, you know? Stuff that sells big on the market. Fo...

By Kasie Whitener The strangest thing happened last week as I traveled to and from Denver and then to and from Northern Virginia. My ...

By Kimberly Johnson   Taylor Swift ’ s anthem,  " Bad Blood,"   weaves a tale of a good relationship gone badly. " ‘ C...

By Bonnie Stanard   In a recent email that came across my desk, Amazon makes another pitch to writers. It offers Kindle Scout , “a re...

By Ginny Padgett SCWW will present a four-part webinar series beginning September 12. Go to www.myscww.org/ to register. The fee for e...

By Chris Mathews Brenda Ueland in If You Want to Write, A Book About Art, Independence, and Spirit , copyrighted first in 1938, inspi...

By Jodie Cain Smith Yes, I hope this blog gets sick, contagious, viral. So, when looking to contaminate the Internet with my next st...

By Kasie Whitener My drafts are usually 85% dialogue. I get characters in a room, get them talking, and see what happens. During revi...

By Rex Hurst In December of 1922 Ernest Hemingway was in Switzerland covering the Lausanne Peace Conference for a Canadian Newspaper...

By Laura P. Valtorta                                      Who will save me from these loud-talking Italians? Will it be Hanya Yana...

By Jodie Cain Smith As an author who wants to sell books, I occasionally deal with the public.  At a recent signing, attendance was s...

By Julia Rogers Hook It’s been quite a summer for news in South Carolina lately. We’ve had the tragic Charleston massacre and then ...

By Kasie Whitener Three of my four beta readers have reported back and their comments have disappointed me. Two had trouble stayi...