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Autumn of 2015, I was inspired to enter a contest sponsored by Oberon Wines. The theme was, "What do roots mean to you?" I wrote 1100...

Jose Saramago, Portuguese novelist and 1998 Nobel Prize winner for literature, gave a most wonderful speech, of which, I quote in part...

Italo Calvino, a writer I admire, once said, "A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say." Each one of us...

I hope you enjoy this piece I wrote for Hedgebrook's blog. #hedgebrook #equivox #deborahharkness #worldstorytellingday

Pulling up to the Italianate architecture of our hotel on a rain-soaked weeknight, we were welcomed into an almond-stained, wood-panelled...

Goodbye last year, ring in the new year! It's been almost a month since my last blog post, post-NaNoWriMo, so this a long, but good one,...

Ahhh, my kinda-normal looking desk after 30 days of write-write-writing craziness. But it was good for me. I needed it. I came away...

Growing up Warnick. That was going to be the title of my mentor's book, but it's not to be. You see, Kyle Warnick passed away in a tragic...

Note the remnants of a NaNo-required Pepsi and a fresh, cool glass of Domaine de Pouy--one to get me through the afternoon, one to get me...

The desk is getting messier and instead of cleaning it, I took time out last Sunday to watch the Seattle Seahawks play against the New...

In a recent Mashable.com article, the writer asked, "Do you have two different colors of sticky notes at hand? A cold Coke at 4 p.m.? A...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to have dozens, nay, hundreds of people watch you write, wonder no more. Gabriella Frank, a...

It's November 1st and the History Channel seems to have deemed it the unofficial Book Lover's Day. The true National Book Lover's Day was...

Photo editing courtesy of Google Plus In honor of the great pumpkin goddess, my third NaNoWriMo, and the happy occasion of Samhain, I've...

The best stories aren't told, or heard, or even seen. They are experienced. ~Amy Hartzler Recently, Jonah Sachs, CEO of freerange.com,...

Less than a week until the next novelling November is upon us (eek!). There's no HalloNaNoWeen at Denny's this year however, I'll still...

Emily Carr, forest lover and Canadian icon, wrote in her journal about the job of a writer: "You yourself are nothing, only a channel for...

My first time at a romance writer's conference, and I have to say, the Emerlad City Writers' Conference committee as well as their...

MFS #1 is the nickname I have for my sister and it means, Most Favorite Sister #1. She's my only sister and I love her dearly, but that's...

I was so fortunate to attend a recent talk by Janet O'Conor Camarata at the Fiske Library about researching your Italian roots. Since...