We're pleased to have a guest post today from Kirby Timmons, indie author, speaker, and television writer who published his first childr...

Inspiration strikes randomly. Can you plan to to be inspired? Probably not, but you can certainly plant the seeds for it by getting out and...

Here are some excellent articles we've come across while stalking the blogosphere. And one video: Why We're All Capable of Writing ...

"Those who think the editor is rejecting with some pleasure in hurting are entirely wrong." Makes sense to me. Unless the editor ...

You are not alone and it is never too late. All you have to do is keep writing. Just ask Longfellow: It is too late! Ah, nothing is too la...

Mediabistro reports that Jonathan Tasini has filed a class action lawsuit against The Huffington Post on behalf of their bloggers.  GOOD...

Here's a fabulous list that describes the ten important elements of writing an intellectual thriller .

Someone recently asked me why it's important to read in the genre they write, i.e., if you write science fiction, should you read scienc...

Reading books on the writing craft (and in your genre) is almost as important as writing. This is why LAwritersgroup .com has sponsored a f...

We are delighted to post a guest post blog from Andrew McFayden-Ketchum, our Mid-City writers' group moderator! TIME TO WRITE One of the...

John August explains how to write better scene descriptions in an easy-to-follow video: johnaugust.com - Writing better scene descriptions ...

An article by Louis Menand in The New Yorker: Menand just published a well-written, and intriguing article in the The New Yorker entitled ...

Excellent article on how to pitch your work to development execs. Key: Have an arsenal of stories at your disposal, not just a single scri...

Read an online interview with Rob Tobin , our screenwriting group moderator on ScriptLinks.

The Writer's Digest site contains a plethora of great blogs and articles on writing. Here is an refresher article on Minding your P...