Attending writing conferences can be a great way for writers and authors to network, learn, and improve their craft. To get even more out of these types of events, media arts instructor Dan Watanabe recommends that attendees challenge themselves and...

Award-winning journalist Georgia Lee believes that her career in journalism has been her best writing teacher. She learned how to ask questions and conduct research to understand the topics she was writing about, all with high standards and under tight...

Writing true-life stories can subject authors to a “minefield” of potential risks, says Greg Victoroff, Esq., partner at Greg Victoroff & Associates. There are a couple laws and rights to keep in mind. Libel laws protect people against defamation, which...

Author and Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee spent years trying to write that perfect first chapter and struggled to get past this need for perfection. He tried different tactics such as following NaNoWriMo to expedite the writing process but wasn...

Author and Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee spent years trying to write that perfect first chapter and struggled to get past this need for perfection. He tried different tactics such as following NaNoWriMo to expedite the writing process but wasn...

Darlyn Finch Kuhn's award-winning novel Sewing Holes started out as a memoir, inspired by her childhood experiences including her father's death and family dynamics. As she was writing she encountered a common roadblock that many memoirists face - she...

Third Day lead guitarist Mark Lee has spent 25 years working very hard to build his platform and audience as a musician. More recently, as the author of the newly released memoir Hurt Road , Lee has been focusing on building a different kind of audience...

What is a "Cracker Queen?" That's the question memoirist, radio commentator, and marketing consultant Lauretta Hannon hopes will peak the interest of potential readers and listeners. It all started when she began sharing her stories about her outrageous...