 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				Ici, Colette
For inspiration the other day, I pulled out my Capote Reader, turned to page 628…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				For inspiration the other day, I pulled out my Capote Reader, turned to page 628…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				Mother Nature and all her treasures offer a powerful tool for any observant writer. You…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				In 2007 I enrolled in a two semester novel-writing workshop at Virginia Commonwealth University with…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				What makes a good writer? Creative ideas, discipline, dictionaries, a certain je ne sais quois,…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				Every five years or so I reread The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.…
 
					
					
				
				
				
				
				As a writer, I have a notepad in my head and I am often writing…