Do you ever do timed free-writing?  Do you ever just set a timer for ten or fifteen or thirty minutes and write about anything and everything till the bell rings?   You’re not writing about …

That is the purpose of description, you know, to suck your reader into your mind’s eye, and spew out for their benefit exactly what you’re seeing. Some people are really good at it.   …

Where do you begin a story? At the beginning, of course.
Well, maybe not. Hard news writers, the actual reporters among us, have to begin their leads with the time-honored 5Ws and H: …

This year, the sixth annual BlogHer conference has a Writing Track, and as part of that track, there will be two Rooms of Your Own (ROYO).  If you have been to Blogher before, then you …

Do you write short or long? Do you meander into a story, or just get right to the point? And does it make a difference? I’m asking this because I’ve been aware for …

The sideboob & underboob article is a debate that I’ve been kicking around for a while now with friends.

There’s an old saw that may or may not be a Joan Rivers joke: “Men–can’t live with them and can’t live without them!” That’s how I feel about deadlines. As someone who …

Writing isn’t some mysterious phenomenon that happens when the good fairy graces you with her presence.  It isn’t some arcane procedure that only dead white males (and a few chosen, but robust females) are truly …

I got the idea for starting a Writers Workshop on MidLifeBloggers when a friend, Merlot Mom, wrote on her blog about finding her own way to write rather than bowing to conventional wisdom of …

Next year at BWE10, I suggest that, at the least, the beer be icy cold. Oh, and a couple of near-naked dudes be sent to the various venues wander around for the viewing pleasure of the ladies. Is that too much to ask?

The first thing I know about writing is that it’s a Process. Writing is not something you have done; it is something you are doing.

I’ve compiled a list of those of you who said you wanted to participate. Now I’m asking you to confirm that by sending your name, email address, blog name to jane(at)midlifebloggers(.)com.