As Independence Day approaches I can’t help but think about how much freedom I have. I come and go as I please. I have a hearty garden full of vegetables to cook or I can choose to dine out. Sometimes I listen to the radio, other times I flip through a couple of hundred different channels on the television. I can travel in a car, by plane, and train, ride a bike, or walk. I have the freedom to bear arms if I so choose and speak my mind. Or, I can pen about anything I want to in this blog. We…

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First Annual WUFC Writing Contest: Courage to Thrive opens Today April 16th, 2012.



Writers Unite to Fight Cancer has partnered with the Virginia G. Piper Creative Writing Center at Arizona State University to hold the first annual WUFC writing contest starting April 16th 2012 through midnight on August 15th 2012. Then fee of $30.00 per entry will be donated to the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Community Outreach and Research Programs. Winners and Finalist will be published in the… Continue

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Larry Watson has a new book out, American Boy. At a recent book launch in Milwaukee, he discussed his thoughts on the writing process, research and the hardest part, for him, of writing.

http://www.pamwrites.net/2011/10/03/larry-watson-on-writing/

Today Larry Brooks is guest posting on my site, explaining exactly what a professional writer accomplishes on their own and what they look for in a story editor.

 

And why.

 

Join us for Self-Editing at the Story Level

Larry Brooks runs Storyfix blog, where he talks fiction from his perspective as a longtime publishing writer and author of more than one writing book, most recently the Writer's Digest title Story Engineering. Larry's basic take on writing is encapsulated in his theory of the Six Core Competencies.

And this week he's given me the chance to guest post on the subject of what makes a professional writer a professional. Drop by…

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Hustler publisher Larry Flynt says women like Gloria Steinem are the reason the Equal Rights Amendment didn't pass. "A country that discriminates against half its population cannot be held up as a great democracy," Flynt writes on Huffington Post. He also rants about the status of women… Continue

Today's "Monday Muse" is a feature about Larry Woiwode, North Dakota's Poet Laureate.
http://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.com/2010/06/monday-muse-north-dakotas-poet-laureate.html