Health and wellness are all the rage these days, so it’s no wonder people are making career choices in fields related to healthcare. As a...

As writers, we don’t have to be told to sit down and write. It’s what we do and what we enjoy doing. But asking kids to write can be a...

As time-consuming as it may be, reviewing a cookbook for accuracy, clarity, and consistency is well worth the effort. Here are four steps...

Spring Bluebell Flowers Purple Blue Scilla Bloom It’s that time again in Minnesota—time to get ready to enter a spring writing contest....

Valentine’s Day is all about love, sweets, roses—and writing ideas. What better way to prepare for the upcoming holiday than to write...

Despite what anyone says, writing a book is never a solo endeavor. As a self-publisher and e-book author, I’m especially aware of the...

There are no set-in-stone rules on writing holiday recipes, but you’ll want to keep a few things in mind before you get started: Make...

A bio is basically a short summary of a writer’s credentials and interests. As small as they are, bios have a big job—to describe you in...

Summer’s here, which means school is out and there are lots of fun things beckoning—barbecues, a trip to the beach, biking with the kids....

When it comes to writing about animals, the issue of gender pronouns often pops up. Should you call the family cat in your story a he,...

Drills aren’t just for military school. In fact, just about any vocation can benefit from training exercises—writing included. But what...

With the political atmosphere abuzz these days, there’s been a lot of ranting on the internet, especially on social media. Clearly people...

Writing numbers seems pretty straight forward—seems being the operative word. In reality, numbers have some important guidelines in...

Here are nine reasons to take the task of self-editing seriously: It’s good practice. Self-editing is a good way to brush up on the rules...

Do you write to live or live to write? It's a question I see pop up on writing websites and blogs from time to time. And it's a hard one...

Lately I’ve been noticing a lot of writing with—what seems to me—misplaced commas used with conjunctions. Granted, most of these...

When writers look for places to submit their work, they often choose markets that request a query letter first. Submitting a query letter...

Prepositions are about as ordinary as words get. We use them all the time, in practically every sentence. They’re short words, averaging...

As writers, we’re often reticent about telling non-writers what we do. Maybe it’s because we’re not like most working adults. We don’t...

Here's what I've learned about writing about dogs, although these rules are applicable to pretty much any writing field: Don’t pretend to...