The Writing Life

Summer has been breathless–bounty, fatigue, gratitude, grief. Bursts of joy fill my world when River leaps from the school bus (!) or Brad returns bleary-eyed but blissed-out after a weekend of [...]

2022 Right to Write Award Recipient: Liz Femi Liz’s Bio: Liz Femi is a Nigerian-American writer, performer, and audiobook narrator. Her work has previously been performed at Rogue Machine [...]

2022 Right to Write Award Recipient: Riham Adly Riham’s Bio: Riham Adly is an award-winning fiction writer and editor from Giza, Egypt. In 2013 her story “The Darker Side of the Moon” won [...]

It’s spring and despite my devotion to being B- I am very happy to say my garden is feeling very A+ right now. Three years ago, this space was red clay dirt and eleven–yes, eleven!–azaleas [...]

I have to tell you something about me at age 22, which is rather embarrassing, but first, I need to acknowledge what’s going on in our livewriting space with EMERGE. This month has felt [...]

I’ve been thinking a lot about something my dear friend Karen said to me recently…that trying to step into this New Year feels like pushing against an inflated balloon. What she’s describing is a [...]

Essay: Dear fellow writers and friends: Last month, I took a creative and entrepreneurial risk, bringing my values loud-and-proud into my newsletter by announcing WRITEABILITY and the Right to [...]

For the past five years, I have been studying and experimenting as an entrepreneur, alongside my efforts as an author and mentor. Most of this work has been behind the scenes, though some of you [...]

2021 Right to Write Award Recipient: Ingrid L. Taylor Ingrid Taylor lives in Las Vegas, NV Ingrid’s statement: “As a writer and veterinarian, my work often centers on questions of our [...]

2021 Right to Write Award Recipient: Lucille Freeman ​​“One of my fellow writing friends asked me what inspires me to write when I don’t especially feel like picking up pen and paper. My answer [...]