Writer Unboxed

For the most part, writing is a solitary experience. We peck away at our keyboards, getting paler, fatter, thinner, balder (in my case, grayer). Every so often I tear myself away and enjoy the company of a group of women I respect: my critique group.
I didn’t come by this group easily. It was a process […]

Kath and I recently updated WU with some new Box Cutters. What are Box Cutters? Sites we think can help you unbox your best writer self by promoting unique thinking in any of the many aspects of writing and marketing your work, or by illuminating common writerly traps. Here are some of our new finds:
Agent […]

Author Patricia Bray is a rising star in the epic fantasy genre. With 10 books to her name in two different genres, she’s managed to carve a successful career among fantasy’s notoriously fickle readers. We spoke to Patricia to learn how she was able to break out of the box of category romance and into […]

Isn’t this a pretty picture?
It’s the one Blogger didn’t want to let me upload on Tuesday. Maybe it’s because it was 666 day and Blogger is one of Satan’s minions. Therese and I like graphics. We like them loads. So it’s really . . . what’s the word I’m looking for . . . SUCKY […]

Yesterday, I read an interesting piece on the National Geographic website about a prehistoric underground cave discovered in Israel. Cool in and of itself, but the cave is also home to eight never-before-seen animal species, including a few crustaceans, some land invetebrates and some bacteria. They evolved without eyes, because who needs eyes when you […]

[Note: Blogger’s being a bugger, so I gave up on posting with an image. I’ll update with one later if this crazy program will let me–Kath]
Heathcliff. Harry Potter. Basically all the characters in Harper Lee’s TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (Atticus Finch, Boo Radley, Mayella Ewell…). They’re awesome names that linger on your brain’s tongue long […]

How can a person feel like going back to sleep after having seven dreamy hours of slumbericious rest? Sigh. It’s been a long weekend…
After a stressful span of days, Absolute Write is back up and running. Go on and give ‘em some love. Where did Absolute Write go? Why is there a refuge camp for […]

Surfing the best of the writers’ blogs so you don’t have to.
Piggybacking on Therese’s post below about interviewing your characters, this week we’ll be concentrating on links that will help your creativity go into overdrive for the long hot summer ahead.
The website Vision: A resource for writers has updated for May/June and has a ton […]