Newbie Notes

"What time should we meet?" isn't just for the real world anymore. We're setting dates and appointments to meet in the cyberhood, too. Chatting is a telephone with a keyboard and no long distance charges. Conquer your chatphobias.

Sparks

Ideas can zap you at anytime, anywhere. Such is especially true when you visit places not unusual, but unseeming. Take a walk among spirits to meet your next character.

RedPen

Each day is more tender than the one before. Let the old faces of time embrace your writing motions in the 21st century. Also, a sneak preview.

Note to Self

Writer's block. The kids. Your spouse. The screaming bank account. Whatever the circumstance, it's not enough to keep you from writing. Shave some experience from experience. Part 2 of a series.

Tidbits

When? Where? Really?! Interesting factoids to break the monotony or flame your next short story. The research is in the bag. New from a veteran T-zero columnist.

Healthy Horizons

Steep your stress in a hot cup of water, kick back, and let your wild mind roam. Shake the cobwebs out of your writing rut. HH gives a morsel of thought.

Fiction Corner

What's familiar, can be simile or metaphor, and repeats itself more than the days of the week? Give up? Keep reading to find out how you can avoid these tiresome little phrases.

Ms. Write Right

There's one thing writers should learn not to do and that is writing as if in a marathon against all other conversations in the world because the writer stands a chance of totally losing the reader.

Spotlight

Cool, earthy, and mellow. No, this is not a beer commercial. T-zero verses with Member and Editor Sam Graber.