** NOTE: This article was originally published in August 2014. ** In 2009, when Kamy Wicoff founded SheWrites.com, it was clear that she’d hit a nerve. The response to the community was swift and even a little mind-blowing. Within...

I remember my first writing workshop. We met in a refurbished warehouse in Minneapolis. Something about the exposed brick walls and the high ceilings made me feel like I was in a creative place. That perhaps, by association, I could be creative...

I sent a short story to my writing partner this week. When I started writing, I felt certain that doing so was the right decision. The pieces of the story fell into place in an “aha” sort of way — so clear and vivid that ignoring...

When I decided to stop working on a novel and set it aside, possibly forever, it didn't come easily. I had invested a lot of myself and my time into that book. But the writing had become more than a struggle—I was forcing it. My choice...

I was sitting on a panel at a writing conference when an audience member asked a great question: should he write his book to be more publishable (in his mind, that meant rosy and optimistic) or stay true to his own perspective (a little more...

I am more than a writer (you probably are too). I'm also a partner, a dog mom, a friend and writing coach. I mountain bike, rock climb, camp, hike and spend time with the people I love. I like a clean house too (though my standards pale compared...

https://www.theodysseyonline.com/fear-and-trepidation-transferring-schools-senior-year It is hard enough being a senior citizen and going to college, but now I am transferring schools as I start my senior year. I and terrified and excited all at...

Hello She Writers, What do women writers need? Community. Craft. Encouragement. A thumbs up right after an agent or a publisher or a reader has given you a thumbs down. Information that isn't designed to exploit your dreams of being a...

My carry-on is on my bed and I’m hyperventilating. Yes, you’ve guessed it: I’m getting ready for a book tour. Don’t get me wrong, I’m totally excited to present to readers my new novel, Before We Visit the Goddess,...

“I don’t want to be the poster girl for dysfunctional relationships,” my client told me. And yet her memoir was about a past dysfunctional relationship. She’d just spent a weekend at a writers’ conference where agents...

Why should you make She Writes your online writerly home? As the founder of She Writes and as a woman who spends a lot of her time with writers and in the world of publishing, I have seen a lot of online offerings for writers. Here are five things...

  Huge numbers of people show at jobs every day that they’re less than thrilled to be working. Some of us may be in that camp. Some not. But most creative writers, regardless of other jobs they have or work they do, are lucky to...

  I’ve been a proud member of She Writes since the website launched in 2009. As a full-time writer, one who is often tucked away in my office from dusk ‘til dawn, I have come to rely on social media and online forums as a way...

On Wednesday night (February 10), I sat on a panel to kick off the 2016 San Francisco Writers Conference. Its title was "Celebrating Diversity: Opportunities for Writers of Color in Today's Publishing Landscape." Weeks ago, when the...

I’m a whiz at getting rejected. It is in m blood, it seems. It began at a young age. I was the last picked for kickball teams, a perpetual member of the chorus in school plays, and a recession-age job hunter. Don’t even get me started on...