Columbia Writers' Workshop II

By Bonnie Stanard As I read Richard Edwards’s article “ 10 Words Editors Hate ” I got an adrenaline rush. He affirms my view that som...

By Kasie Whitener I’m bringing the second half of the second novel to group, one segment at a time. Like a serialized version in biwe...

By El Ochiis How can you convince yourself to write when even your imaginary friends won’t talk to you? Writer’s block, and some fo...

By Sharon May One of my previous blogs focused on voice. At the time, I was in the early stages of writing a novel, which has multipl...

By Kasie Whitener I subscribe to Runner’s World  magazine and every now and then the discussion comes around as to when someone can r...

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...