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On Venice It was a luxury to have unscheduled time in Venice to wander and ponder and tickle the creative parts of me.  The morning schedule with lively communal breakfasts, […]

Find out how Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey® model can help your storytelling whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction – for the page or the screen. Join Michele Rowe [...]

We like to say that the best beginning – of a book or short story – should contain a hook and a promise. Hook your reader, and promise them more. […]

Writers are born, not made. True or false? It’s an interesting question because it puts on the table the issue of whether bad writers can become good writers. On a […]

I’ve been watching Dark, the fabulously complex story of time travel and alternate universes, on Netflix – and am currently drowning in that very complexity midway through the third season. […]

Post-apocalyptic is the new normal, it sometimes seems. And the introduction of heady doses of sex into science and fantasy fiction – think Game of Thrones and The Handmaid’s Tale, […]

I wish I had a coin for every time we’ve been asked: “But can you teach creative writing?” Here’s the way we usually answer it. If you’re writing now or […]

There are some questions we’re always asked, like: Can anyone become a writer who wins awards or sells a million? See how we usually answer this one. Sure, some people […]

Hi fellow writers, Trish and I have been planning our annual trip to our boat in England for the summer (lucky us), but have encountered a number of delays that […]