A couple of weeks ago, one of my best friends attended a writer's conference in Austin. Her name is Lynn Bonnie Johnston, and she's not just a fiction writer who's been writing for more than 17 years.

Four years ago, I finally talked my husband into letting me have a dog. We'd had a dog, Tikva, who was very special and dear to us, and she died way too young of sickness. My husband never wanted a dog

Stephen King saved his rejection notes on a nail on the wall. When he had so many that the nail dropped, he used a spike instead. And kept writing. He took it nicely, I think. Most people fear rejection,

Experts disagree. Stephen King believes that if you're not born with a talent for writing, then you can only obtain a certain level. Others say that it's a skill that can be learned like all other skills.

Dogs live in the present. Dogs are happy (if not mistreated, but that's another story). One of the things I love about being a dog-owner is to see the world through the eyes of Nefnef. Woah, a CAT! That's

Yesterday on our usual walk, Nefnef and I ran into two Russian men and a cat. Neither are unusual here in Haifa :) While Nefnef started chatting with the cat, who must have seen her before, because it

Two days ago, I asked the question "Do you freewrite?" and @remelsy asked, "Is freewriting writing like you’re having a conversation? Or is it just writing a draft of your posts?" To

A few years ago, we had a wonderful golden Eurasier dog called Tikva. She took deep care for her younger house mate, B'Elanna, a black Eurasier. Where Tikva was intelligent, B'Elanna was not. But B'Elanna

From time to time, I receive emails from marketers who wants to help. And sell stuff also, of course. In those mails they talk about the pain of writing. Some of those marketers will say: "We all

One of the things I love about having a dog, is seeing the world through her eyes. It's such a wonderful world filled with opportunity. Did you know that? You can put a dog's wisdom to use in all aspects

A writer I follow recommends freewriting. Her name is Angela Booth, and she writes fiction, nonfiction, and copywriting. These are three seemingly different areas of writing with much in comment. Whether

"How did you teach your dog to understand words?" one of my friends asked me on Facebook. He has a Shiba Inu, a smaller version of the Shikoku Inu dog. Both are from Japan. "That's easy,"

Let me assure you: there's nothing sinfully about it. It's a Thalassian word, and it means "blood daughter", or more commonly, "blood elf". Hey, pleased to meet you. My real name is