5 MORE Prompts to Kick-Start Your Writing
1. Found object I don’t care what the object is, if you stare at it long enough and then force yourself to write, a story will...
5 Prompts to Kick-Start Your Writing
1. Observation There is literally an endless supply of writing prompts at your fingertips at any given moment. All you have to do is...
Upcoming Event
Ever wanted to write fiction? Interested in how stories are born? Come hear me speak this Thursday at Twin Hickory branch library - 5001...
May-be Everything Will Be Alright
Real Spiel May Issue - READ ARCHIVE Reader's Block - Fancy Beasts by Alex Lemon, Into the Dark & Emptying Field by Rachel McKibbens, In...
Why I'm a James River Writer
If you are a struggling writer - you are not alone. There are others. Just like you. Trying to figure out the precise way of telling...
Sixfold Contest Results
Woo hoo! My story, "The Long Road," ranked 4th out of 375 fiction entries in Sixfold journal competition. It will be published in March,...
Write like nobody's going to read it. Publish like everybody's going to read it. - Hugh Howe
Listened to an awesome master class today with Hugh Howey, of "Wool" self-publishing fame. The class was offered as part of James River...
The Scary Cover Letter!
Beginning writers are always afraid of the cover letter. And, for good reason, it's the point of entry where you expose yourself to the...
My rejection letters have been fabulous, lately.
Dear Contributor (Okay, I'd like for them to have inserted my name, but they're talking to me, so I'll take it) Thank you for your recent...
Great rejection!
Writers often ask what to read into rejection letters. Most of the time it's impossible to know how close you were to getting out of the...
