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Jim Naremore is here sharing his candid insights and personal experiences in this guest blog post!

Unlock creativity with my free calendar of writing prompts! Use these starters to jumpstart your writing this year.

Today I'm exploring emotional honesty in poetry with insights from "Pearl" by Ted Kooser. Plus my takeaways in how writing grief can enhance

Add ghostly elements of towns to your writing with tips from award-winning author Milana Marsenich!

Plotter or pantser? Guest blogger Kathie Giorgio weighs in on this classic writing debate!

Let's talk about other ways to make writing progress!

Join my next online writing creative workshop starting 10/9/24 at 6PM Pacific!

This National Poetry Month, I'm thrilled to share that I've been accepted as the Writer-in-Residence at the Good Hart Artist Residency!...

When I lived on the East Coast, I looked forward to the abundance of fall leaves each year. My girls and I would gather them, creating...

Summer is often painted with a brush of adventure. There's something about this season, probably stemming from the time off school as...

Best laid plans I had great plans for May. Having plans should have been my first clue that life would throw me a curve ball or four. And...

... and I had no idea until today. In my last newsletter, I mentioned that after a month of all things poetry during National Poetry...

National Poetry Month is over, and I plan to spend the month of May focusing on fiction. To that end, I'm beyond thrilled to kick off the...

Poetry forms can feel intimidating. We remember counting syllables, looking at meter, and trying to figure out if we're looking at a...

This week brings the fourth installment of places through which you can take creative writing workshops and classes online! If you have a...

This week continues the list of place to take creative writing workshop and classes online. I'll keep adding to this list throughout the...

At heart, I am a learner. If it had been an option, I would have stayed at university forever. I probably should have gone into academia,...

I draw heavily from nature both when writing and creating visual art. Often the images that come to me when I create, while based on...