Writer Unboxed

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 […]

It’s Memorial Day, so I know most people won’t be around today. Tomorrow, however, you may be dragging from too much time spent at the ribs-and-Sam-Adams table, and you’ll be looking for something–anything–to help motivate you back into work. Which is why I’ve decided to post a few downloadable programs to make your writing life […]

Ah, Mondays. They can be as draining as a pocketful of kryptonite to our super-creative powers. But easy as a flinging on a cape, you can transform this most evil weekday into a productive workday.
What follows here is not for the squeamish
…or so promises James Patrick Kelly in his most clickable article Murder your Darlings. […]

My mother-in-law hosted a sugar fest for Mother’s Day, and I’ve just barely emerged from my coma. Because the focus is still shaky, today you’re getting a smattering of unrelated (but hopefully still useful) offerings. Check out a good article on Ten Mistakes Writers don’t See at Holt Uncensored.
The Word Detective waves his magnifying glass […]

Research has long been a love of mine, and that’s a good thing. It’s an integral part of my work as a freelance health writer, and I’ve come to appreciate that it’s an essential part of my fiction writing as well. Once upon a time, I wrote a regular research column called Click Here! for […]