Need some inspiration? Neil Gaiman will help you.

Hiya, peeps. This is author Neil Gaiman‘s commencement address at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. It’s, like, from yesterday, I believe. Take 20 minutes and watch this. It’ll speak to all of you, whether freaks, geeks, weirdos, artistic types, explorers, seekers, whatever. His message will resonate with you, whether you think you’re an artist/writer [...]

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Female Friendships in Fiction, Part 2

Hi, kids! Our writer friend from across the pond, UK-based Stevie Carroll, is here with part 2 to her previous post, “Female Friendships in Fiction” (you can find part 1 HERE). So have a read, and chime in with your thoughts on this topic and suggestions about fiction that includes female friendships.

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Female Friendships in Fiction (part 1)

Hi, kids. Writer Stevie Carroll joins us again from across the pond, with a post about what appears to be a dearth of female friendships in fiction — at least friendships that don’t end badly. So here’s Stevie to explore more of that. — Female Friendships in Fiction (Part One) By Stevie Carroll Is it [...]

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On character

Happy Sunday, peeps– I meant to blog this earlier, but got distracted with Hunger Games hype (my take on dystopian fiction and movies here). ANYWAY! Caught this great blog by Bold Strokes writer Rebekah Weatherspoon about writing diverse characters over at her site, and that got me thinking about all the reasons writers come up [...]

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Crazy Writing Prompt!

Hey, kids– Came across this story today. The gist: United flight en route to Shanghai from San Francisco had to stop in Anchorage because the toilets weren’t working (yikes!). However, the flight was then delayed for TWO DAYS. Double yikes! Read the article to see the series of events that the passengers had to go [...]

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Guest Post: Write Queer London

Hi, kids– Andi here. I’m pleased to tell you that UK-based writer Stevie Carroll joins us today to tell us about a cool event in London that she attended that involves oodles of awesome writing workshops held at various museums. She took a couple of workshops on poetry, which is not her usual genre, but [...]

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Monday musings

Or, how NCIS taught me more about characters. Hey, kids! I must admit that I did absolutely little today. That is, I ended up lying around watching TV. I suppose I needed to; as some of you know, I am recovering from surgery, so I probably needed a day on the ol’ butt to do [...]

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50K or Bust

National Novel Writing Month started 11/1/11. Care to join me as I take on the daring quest of penning a novel (or most of it, anyway) in 30 days? Check out NaNoWriMo.org

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Is it…short story? Or novel?

Hi, kids–Andi here posting this for R.G. Emanuelle, who is wrestling with whether or not her latest short story might actually be trying to come out as a novel. Here are her tips for figuring that out! Take it away, R.G.! — It’s hard sometimes to decide whether a story that’s living in your head [...]

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It’s the END! Again.

Hey, kids! Wow. Sorry about that. Things got out of hand this weekend and, as we all know, busy. Busy busy busy! Anyway, do you all remember Harold Camping? The guy with Family Radio (the Christian-based network that serves millions worldwide)? The one who’s been preaching for years now that OMG May 21, 2011 is [...]

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