Word for Words Blog for Writers

If you’re starting to plan for the holidays and/or the New Year, consider giving yourself the gift of writing. Enclosed below are upcoming w...

The hours of daylight decrease, the varicolored leaves fall and skitter in the autumn wind. What we might otherwise see as downsides of a di...

What do you look for in a writer’s conference? Workshops, feedback, panel discussions, agent-editor talks? That’s what I usually look for. B...

One of the joys of writing is when we become so immersed in creating the world of our story that we forget we’re working. But we can’t affor...

At some point in our writing life, we’ll likely seek out other writers and organizations for support, networking, learning, resources and pe...

Before writing fiction, JC Clark worked as a p ublic relations and marketing communications professional, starting as a publicist in the GE...

  If you’re looking to get into writing, get back into writing or keep writing this spring, check out the following at the Westport Writers’...

Ever noticed how easily your mood can change, with the weather, good news or bad, a new idea, fear or concern for the future? Our moods shif...