How Not To Write

Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of powerful women she has known, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace, dignity and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly.

A few weeks ago I had a little flood in my basement. The sump pump backed up and left about 3-4 inches of water all around. The overall damage wasn’t so bad, but I’d left my nascent collection of manual typewriters on the floor (in preparation for moving them to my studio) and [...]

Is a blog a writing machine? I have no idea, but I love the list of Wordpress plug-ins in this post. I think the In Series plugin described below will be making an appearance on How Not to Write very soon!
WordPress Plugins for Writers:
Often times when writing about a topic in-depth it’s advisable [...]

Congratulations, Nancy!
Sweat the Small Stuff By Nancy Redd:
Who would have guessed that an article I sold for $200 the first month after subscribing to WritersWeekly.com would lead to a six-figure book deal seven months later? Certainly not me, but after all, that’s the exciting thing about a writing career - one never knows what opportunities [...]

So, Leo at Zen Habits is giving away the contents of his book and his website. He’s released the lot of it into the public domain and you can do as you see fit.
Open Source Blogging: Feel Free to Steal My Content:
I get a lot of emails asking me for permission to reprint Zen [...]