Meet Our Summer Intern, Meryl!
My name is Meryl Kaduboski and I am a rising junior at Wake Forest University. I am working toward a double major in mathematical statistics and psychology. My love of […]
Five Questions with Lelah Baker-Rabe
1) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? Like a lot of writers, I’ve been writing since I was a kid. I came up with my first […]
Five Questions with Amanda Parrish Morgan
**Take our Personal Essay workshop with Amanda this Summer! 1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wanted to be a writer from a really young […]
Why Workshops?
“The more you read, the more you will write. The better the stuff you read, the better the stuff you will write.” -ANNIE DILLARD I’m a horrible saleswoman. Just ask […]
Five Questions with Christine Kalafus
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? It never occurred to me. I wanted to be a gymnast like Nadia Comaneci, then a prima ballerina like […]
Five Questions with Ellyn Gelman
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I think I have always wanted to be a writer, but I didn’t have the courage until I took […]
Five Questions with Mike Belanger
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I wish I could point to a moment: Back in high school, furiously reading Slaughterhouse-Five or Catch-22, some classic […]
Five Questions with Alana Sanko
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I am one of those people who knew very young. It was always my dream, going back to elementary […]
Five Questions with Valerie Bolling
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I’ve always been a writer. I never really thought much about it; it’s just one of those qualities at […]
Five Questions with Suzanne Farrell Smith
1) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I know exactly when. On Saturday, June 16, 2007, as an airport shuttle 2) What do you love most […]
Five Questions with Rahla Xenopoulos
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? As a high school dropout who suffered from severe dyslexia, I never dreamed of writing. It seemed lofty and […]
Five Questions with Jessica McEntee
1) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? I can’t isolate a single ‘aha’ moment. I felt I was always going to be a writer. 2) What […]
A Writing Prompt For Your Weekend
In a writing slump? Need a little nudge, a kiss of inspiration? Enjoy this prompt from our Advanced Fiction instructor from Chris Belden: Ashtray by Marcus Jackson Filling with my […]
The Happy Pandemic Hurricane Holiday
by Billie Magnuson Ever since the Hurricane struck Connecticut, I find myself observing how everything could be way worse and everything could be way better. Without power there is nobody […]
On Book Towers and Reading as Writers
I recently came across an image like this one on Twitter with the caption “If you have a book tower, you’re probably a writer.” A few weeks later I watched […]
Break Writers Block With a Few Simple Steps
When writers say they can’t write, they usually mean they’re afraid to write or they just don’t want to. The reasons vary. We may not know where or how to […]
Five Questions with Joanna Simmons
1.) When did you know you wanted to be a writer? When I was 7 I saw the movie, Home Alone in the movie theater. I was completely transported by […]
Highlights from our Holiday Panel
Cut corners. Order in food. Brush the crumbs under the carpet. -Christine Pakkala We gathered last night for a wonderful panel on how to write during these busy times. In […]