Ohio Poetry Day is Ohio's primary state poetry contest, with most categories open to people from all over the U.S. and the world. Poets...

It's kind of been a stressful few YEARS, if we're being honest. I've written before about how the pandemic destroyed my writing habits,...

Like many writers, I listen to music as I work. I tend to make a lot of YouTube playlists organized by project. For the longest time, I...

Blessing you all with my face of disapproval once again. Even though I've been writing very seriously for the past ten years, I've only...

Poetry is allowed to be so many things. It's allowed to be long; it's allowed to be short. It's allowed to have no capitalization or...

When I'm querying, I have an incredibly difficult time with "comps" - comparisons to other works. I have written the books I wanted to...

"Oh, but you're a writer, so you probably also read," a distant relative said once they found out I became an English teacher. "How does...

In my last post, I talked about writing advice I haven't found useful. Today, I want to celebrate the advice that has helped me improve...

If you Google "writing advice" or read books on craft, you're going to find a massive amount of material at your disposal. Naturally,...