The Bookshelf

The difference between critique, feedback, and cruelty, and how you can help writers improve without hurting them.

A list of useful tools for professional writers, authors, editors, and publishers.

Writer websites are designed to be portfolios for your work online. Here's what needs to be on yours.

Exploring the entire process of putting together a poetry chapbook from to finish.

A relatively easy website builder designed by writers for writers - no coding required.

An overview of the different types of freelance writing including copywriting, content writing, ghostwriting, journalism, and editing.

A freelancer's tips for keeping calendars, breaking down projects, and tracking your billable time.

Pick up some key tips for making your way in the world of freelance writing from guest blogger Janet Lovelace.

When I was in high school, my drama department participated in yearly one-act show competitions. The concept was simple; take a show and...

It’s hard to believe it’s really been a year since I started writing as a job. I’ve been telling stories forever, and when I published my...

If you'd told me a year ago that I was going to be making the sharp, terrifying transition into becoming a full-time professional writer...

Recently, I started keeping a reading log. It's not something I ever worried about doing before, mostly because I thought it would be...