Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Sharon May So who can call themselves “writer?” Anyone who picks up a pen or sits at a computer and begins to put words on paper? ...

By Nick Rolon Author, Roy T. Bennett once said, “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind.  Be led by the dreams in your hear...

By Kasie Whitener Christine doesn’t remember anything. I’ve just started a new book by a favorite author and the opening chapter is t...

Meet a New SCWA Columbia II Blogger RUTH P SAUNDERS Ruth retired in February, 2015, after 30 years of teaching, research and service ...

By Ruth P Saunders I enjoyed 30 years in academia and produced the expected scientific publications. I liked academic writing, but by...

By Raegan Teller Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about bookstores. As a child, I believed they were magical spaces. I could spend ho...

By Rex Hurst A lot of times when we’re all starting out as writers - no matter what age we throw our hat in the arena - we often stum...

By Kasie Whitener My friend Big Redd once discovered a conversation between a baseball player and his favorite Christian Rap artist i...

By Sharon May May 11, 2019, starts a new chapter in my writing career with my retirement from teaching. I started working summers at ...

By Sandra Schmid There’s a current trend to get rid of stuff. We walk through our house, picking up each thing, asking if we love it....

By Caleb Pennington I’m a weird primate, half hairy, named Caleb. I have the mystery of my existence to solve. I’m scared that there ...

B y Bonnie Stanard I’m back with point of view (POV). Bear with me. I’m trying to turn my head-hopping   into the professionally res...

By Kasie Whitener What must the teen-aged clerk have thought of me at 9:57 on a Tuesday night, the hum of a vacuum in the back of th...

By El Ochiis Can rejection be an art?  Can it ever be acceptable?  The first time I was rejected for a piece of writing, I curled ...