Even I, a self-confessed idea junkie who loves nothing better than thinking up ideas to research and pitch to magazine editors, go...

I meet a lot of writers who want to write essays. Scratch that. They want to be paid when they write essays. Now there's nothing wrong...

(I wrote this blog post years ago for the now defunct Renegade Writer blog and am republishing it here for my Become an Idea Machine...

My fall schedule is firmed up and I'm excited that I'll be teaching my popular Become an Idea Machine class again, starting Monday,...

This blog post was previously published on the now defunct Renegade Writer blog. It's an oldie but goodie, still relevant today. I've...