If your ambition is to be a fiction writer, a series of free workshops can help put you on the road to success. Vicki Salloum, a local author who has written four novels and numerous short stories, ...

I’ll begin this part by quickly sharing a cheat sheet to help you with your creative writing expedition. Before you begin writing, make sure you have a good notebook, a decent pen, plenty of paper, a ...

With over 12 years of professional experience in freelance writing jobs, with three of those years spent figuring out how to own and operate my own small copywriting business, I have plenty of folks ...

I was sitting at my New Age, boomerang-shaped desk, instant messaging with a coworker when I decided I would pursue an MFA in creative writing. Looking back, I see myself clad in a brown cardigan, ...

So you want to "write more" in the new year. But now that the new year is nearly upon us, you're starting to spiral into a writerly panic. How will you find the time to write? What are you going to ...

Can’t wait for the Louisiana Book Festival? Sign up to hone your own writing at a workshop with some of the featured authors on Friday, Nov. 1, at the State Library of Louisiana in downtown Baton ...

DID you enjoy the article last week? I’m sure you did! Now, again, I share with you further tips on creative writing. Recall that I last reminded you about the need to silence that inner critic, talk ...