Articles about writing, creativity, and being an artist.
- A Conversation with Anne Simpson
- Finding Creative Inspiration
- Imaginary Friends
- One Good Sentence After Another
- Stop Blaming Your Day Job
- Things I Learned from Writing a Book
- What Does “Write What You Know” Mean?
- What’s Your Writing Process?
Recommended Reading
Every writer and editor has their favourites.
Here’s a short list of my favourite books about writing and the writing life that I’ve educational, motivational, and inspirational.
- A Passion for Narrative, by Jack Hodgkins
- Bird by Bird, by Anne Lamont
- The INFJ Writer, by Lauren Sapala
- The Artist’s Way Every Day, by Julia Cameron
- Write for Your Life, by Lawrence Block
- Writing from the Inside Out, by Dennis Palumbo
You may find these books about the art and craft of writing helpful. I did.
- Big Magic, by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Becoming a Writer, by Dorothea Brande
- Creative Non-fiction, by Philip Gerard
- If You Want to Write, by Brenda Ueland
- Negotiating with the Dead, by Margaret Atwood
- On Writing, by Stephen King
- Tell It Slant, by Brenda Miller & Suzanne Paola
- The Act of Writing (McGraw-Hill Ryerson)
- The Anatomy of Story, by John Trudy
- The Renaissance Soul, by Margaret Lobenstine
- The Writer’s Journey, by Christopher Volger
- Writing Alone and With Others, by Pat Schneider
- Writing Down Deep, by Jan Fortune
- You Can’t Make This Stuff Up, by Lee Gutkind
Other books that support your writing.
- Animal Speak, by Ted Andrews
- Archetypes, by Caroline Myss
- Oxford Guide to Plain English, by Martin Cutts
- Sister Bernadette’s Barking Dog, by Kitty Burns Florey
- The Copy-editor’s Handbook, by Amy Einsohn
- The Complete Manual of Typography, by James Felici