Exploring the ART & CRAFT
of Making and Creating

I've been very fortunate to edit Nathan Jarelle's first novel, Beyond Poetry, and its sequel—releas ed this week—Beyond Poetry: Above &...

Well, I don't really know, but I can tell you what it means to me. The word came to me in the middle of the title story, "Equipoise", of...

I recently talked with my aunt, Rebecca Zdybel, who is an exceptionally talented artist and art teacher based in South Carolina. She has...

Last month, my good friend Mathew Oakes, Ph. D. Professor of Composition and Literature, invited me to talk with his class at Rock Valley...

In a series of interconnected stories, Sanford Blades's writing grips us firmly on the first page and yanks us hard into the life of...

So, turns out, a lot of writing is about waiting. Most of writing is about writing—you sit down and write and rewrite and rewrite. But...

I'll be taking the summer off from blog posts to focus on writing a new novel as well as preparing for the release of my first book,...

I hope this goes without saying, but I definitely don't consider myself an expert on any of the elements of writing I'm writing about in...

I was recently interviewed by a student of the Rachel Thompson writing course on my process around submissions and rejections. It was...

Occasionally in this blog, I'll share a bit about a book I'm reading that is particularly exceptional. The first one is the stunning...

In both my work as an editor (for the great little company, Darling Axe), and as a former English teacher at Yukon College (now...

Each month, I'll write about the art and craft of a different element of writing and other creative pursuits. How do editors hear...