4 Things I Learned About Writing Memoirs

Part 1 | Write By The Rails’s Back on Tracks – Writer’s Workshop – Fall 2018 Now that I’ve recovered … More

Poetry Challenge: Part 5

The Final Poems My last few days of the challenge, I fell into my own sort of couplet structure, following … More

Poetry Challenge: Part 4

My 4th Week Of Poetry (almost done!) I continued experimenting with styles, mostly following the suggested themes. Have you been … More

Poetry Challenge: Part 3

My Third Week Of Poetry This time, I was all over the place, style-wise and thematically. I followed many more … More

Poetry Challenge: Part 2

Another week of poetry for #OctPoWriMo I hope you can find a piece to enjoy. When Creatives Dream We all … More

Writing Short and Sweet – Poetry

I don’t often share my work on here, just what I’ve picked up about the process along the way, but … More

What I Love Most About Being a Writer

Sometimes, when you’re stuck at some writing stage for too long, it can be hard to remember why you started this thing in the first place. Whether you’re drafting, editing, revising, querying, submitting, or marketing, there’s likely some point where you feel like you’re never going to reach the next stage.

Me? I’m currently stuck in the [Query -> Get Feedback -> Revise -> Get Beta Feedback -> Edit -> Send More Queries] loop. And have been, on and off, for nearly 3 years.

It can be really disheartening.

Fortunately, I keep getting small tastes–little reminders–of just why I do this.

Here are 10 things I love most about being a writer:

Author Spotlight: Tamela Ritter

Today’s Author Spotlight is: Tamela Ritter – A member of the Write By The Rails group and the author of From … More

How To Beta-Read: One Writer’s Version

I almost entitled this “Beta-Reading: For Fun and Profit” but… I don’t usually profit. At least not monetarily. I do … More