Like most of us, I balance writing with work (a day job) and other commitments—including preparing for virtual and in-person author events for my 5th and latest book.

Writing is who I am, not what I do. So however busy life gets, I prioritize my daily writing. Enjoy my best tips for setting up and keeping your writing schedule.

We all have some past life events that we’d rather forget. Yet, often, these are the very stories that keep nudging and bugging us to give them air and write them down.

Last year, I had one of those particularly hard-to-write personal essays. After many botched drafts, I came up with a way to finally write the story. Then, I penned and published a how-to, craft piece, Writing Tough Stuff: 5 Tips to Make it Easier.

New in town? New at writing? Or you just want a place to go, a place to put some psychic distance between your day job and your writing? A coffee shop may work. However, not all cafés are created equal. As a lover of cafés, I offer six tips for “cofee-ing” and writing.

Writers retreats can last for a day or a month or a week or a weekend. They can also take many forms—ranging from a self-paid stay at a hotel or AirBnB, to a bursary-supported residency at a designated creative retreat.

Whatever you choose, and based on my 20+ years of running away to write, here are six tips to select and enjoy your creative time away.

In her bestselling memoir, “The Glass Castle,” Jeannette Walls writes about how her mother urged her author daughter to “just tell the truth.”

However, in many families and for many of us nonfiction authors, it’s rarely that simple.

Writing can be difficult. It can also be joyful. During Valentine’s Month, enjoy these love letters to writing.