Safety Tools for Writers Groups
Make your writer's group a welcoming space by implementing these safety tools inspired by those commonly used in the ttrpg community.
Reading Report: January 2026
Experiencing transitions, waging nonviolence, and talking too much about AI.
Reference Books for Writers
Every writer's desk should have a few reference books nearby, if only for something to peruse when your brain hits a wall.
Tool: Advertency
Unique descriptions are a skill you can build by learning to observe the world around you in detail with focus and compassion.
The Sound on the Page - Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda strives to understand voice and style through reasearch and over 40 interviews.
How to Session Zero Your Writer's Group
Start your new writers group with a "Session Zero" meeting to get everyone on the same page.
Reading Report: December 2025
Drop into your seal flow, get cozy knitting short fiction, plan a year of dinners and more in December's Reading Report.
Tool: Yearly Themes
Instead of a New Years resolution, try a gentler approach by setting a yearly or seasonal theme. Here's how.
Spiral Story - Writers Group Comments and Self Evaluation
I now have a rough draft of this story but with no solid ending. So it's time to reread and evaluate with the help of my writers group.
Books for a Grammar Workout
Build your writing muscle with these books on grammar, punctuation, and rhetoric.
Aspects of the Novel - E.M. Forster
When Steering the Craft, About Writing, Murder Your Darlings, and Techniques of the Selling Writer *all* mention the same book, that book goes on the list too.
Reading Report: November 2025
Luddite Literature, two excellent games to try, and a pair of excellent books read in in this month's Reading Report. Now with added acountability!