The process of creativity is mysterious, wonderful, and magical. Ideas come at the strangest times and in the most incomplete pieces. Pen Densham, the screenwriter for "Robinhood: Prince of Thieves," discusses tapping into and following your creative...

Writing the first draft of a book is an exciting process, but it can also be quite terrifying. Pen Densham, Hollywood producer, writer, and director, tells the secret to overcoming the fear inherent in the writing process so you can finish your first...

Writing the first draft of a book is an exciting process, but it can also be quite terrifying. Pen Densham, Hollywood producer, writer, and director, tells the secret to overcoming the fear inherent in the writing process so you can finish your first...

The process of creativity is mysterious, wonderful, and magical. Ideas come at the strangest times and in the most incomplete pieces. Pen Densham, the screenwriter for "Robinhood: Prince of Thieves," discusses tapping into and following your creative...

Most sci-fi writers are not actually scientists, and, even if an author is proficient in something like rocket science, he or she probably isn’t also a nuclear physicist or molecular biologist. This lack of knowledge can create large plot holes in...

As an avid supporter of Woodstock, Georgia's well-known independent bookstore, FoxTale Book Shoppe, author Beth Hermes strongly encourages new writers to support their local bookstores and retailers. When FoxTale first opened its doors, the owners...

As an avid supporter of Woodstock, Georgia's well-known independent bookstore, FoxTale Book Shoppe, author Beth Hermes strongly encourages new writers to support their local bookstores and retailers. When FoxTale first opened its doors, the owners...

Early in the Pandemic, King asked himself: “What could you write that would make you happy?” “As if my imagination had been waiting for the question to be asked, I saw a vast deserted city—deserted but alive. I saw the empty streets, the haunted buildings...

It took ten rounds of revisions before author Madeline Sharples considered her novel, Papa’s Shoes , to be complete and ready for publication. She first worked with three editors and a set of beta readers, who provided suggestions and edits free of charge...

In the summer of 1957, the Indiana towns of French Lick and West Baden decided to merge two high schools that had been fierce rivals for decades. The idea seemed ludicrous at first and caused quite a bit of controversy, especially on the basketball court...