I've been a freelance writer since 2001. During that time, I've only been let go from projects a handful of times, but I can remember ea...

I'm usually a pretty steady writer. I enjoy the process of putting words together until they sound just the way I want them to, and I'm ...

The calendar doesn't lie. Although it feels like just yesterday since I left my job as a hospice social worker to pursue a career as a fu...

We all know the 10-minute demon. It's those pesky 10 minutes between appointments when you don't have anything else to do. It's that 10...

I'm lucky enough to be one of the 5.7 million Americans living with bipolar disorder. Although it is usually well controlled by medicatio...

The alarm beeps and I slap my hand over it to stop the noise. I feel as though a rock is sitting squarely on top of my chest. Although I...

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I love swapping ghost stories, going on tours of supposedly haunted places in the city, and w...

In case you've been living in a cave with no connection to the outside world, November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to w...

On April 14, 1912, at 11:35 p.m., the largest ship in the world steamed swiftly through the eerily calm waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Al...

My 12-year-old cat, Achilles, has a problem: He doesn't realize that his tail is supposed to be permanently attached to him. On most day...

Anybody who has ever even thought of picking up a pen knows that rejection is a big part of the writing business. It's happened to Steph...

The Free Dictionary defines a routine as "a set of customary and often mechanically performed procedures or activities." When you're per...

Last month I went to a craft fair. While admiring the jewelry at one of the booths, I started talking to another woman and was delighted...

Are you fed up with your query letters being rejected or ignored? Before you send your next letter out to an editor, take a few minutes ...

I love being in that writing space when the words just flow. Sometimes it feels as if these characters given birth to by my brain have t...

If I asked you to name your most important business asset, what would you say? Your computer? Your printer? Your iPhone? What about you?...

Okay, I admit it. When I can't get Internet access, I panic. That's partly because email is my lifeline to clients and gigs, and partly b...

As most of you know, I trained as a social worker, and while I'm now a full-time writer, I have many friends who are still in the social w...

Have you ever had one of those days where you worked your tail off but still couldn't check many items off your "to do" list? I've had ...

It's really, really hard to turn down gigs in this economy, but sometimes it's the only way to keep your sanity and your self-respect i...