Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Kasie Whitener Poker players have ‘ tells. ’  Maybe it’s tapping a pinky on the table, crossing or uncrossing legs, or blinking a ...

By Bonnie Stanard Counterfeiting is becoming a problem for writers who publish and sell their books on Amazon, according to the New ...

By Rex Hurst Currently I am finishing up a book, called Sunday Morning at the Peak of Hell , the setting of which is the great beyond, ...

By Ruth P. Saunders Getting feedback from other writers is not enough; we must also use it productively to improve the quality of our...

Meet a New Columbia II Blogger SAM GRIFFITH Sam is an English teacher from the American southeast. He writes poetry, fiction, and,...

By Sam Griffith For the past couple years, I have experienced a growing fascination with vulgarity. As writers, how should we write coa...

By Raegan Teller In a past work life, I was an executive coach. A coach facilitates discussions with others to help them gain self-aw...

By Kasie Whitener I’ve been moonlighting with Columbia III, being very strategic about how I get feedback from my two different criti...

By Nick Rolon Recently, I was fortunate to attend the graduation ceremonies of two of my wonderful nieces, Nicole and Tori. One cer...

By El Ochiis      There, I said it. No, actually, another critic in a literary magazine stated that Grammar was a Ponzi Scheme and I,...

By El Ochiis “ Oh dear ”, admonished Madame Persnickety, with a supercilious sneer: “ That’s not JUST non-standard English, it IS compl...

By Sandra Schmid My memoir began when I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail twenty years ago. Like many memoirs, something extraordinary ...