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The Play's the Thing

By Susan Shafer

During downtime from writing for the education market, I sometimes vary my time by working…

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The 30-Minute Novelist

By JoBeth McDaniel

Novels, when abandoned, begin to stink. A journalist with a desk piled high with work…

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It’s Never Too Late

By Stephanie Dahl

Recently, there was a feature article in my local paper about an 80 year old’s…

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Take a Break!

By Caitlin Kelly

The main reason some of us became freelancers – which I’ve been full-time, again, since…

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Another's Voice

By Gwen Moran

When it comes to ghostwriting, one of the most challenging aspects of writing the manuscript…

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Let’s Write Some History

By Christopher Klein

I’m a history geek. Favorite historical figure: Teddy Roosevelt. Favorite historical event: the Defenestration of…

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