Made up words .  Every family has them—or so I believe.  They are words commonly used among family members that are believed to be legitim...

By Velda Brotherton Each time I write something about the wild and crazy things that I became involved in while working for a weekly rur...

July 1 will mark the 6th anniversary of the Novel Spaces blog, and the beginning of our 7th year. We're a different kind of writing...

In the past, I’ve babbled a bit about the challenges that come with writing at home when you’re already a work-at-home/telecommuter type, an...

I recently lunched with a Young Eager Author (YEA) who'd just published her first novel and should have been riding high on the excitem...

As writers, we all know this scenario. A well-meaning non-arts friend or acquaintance approaches and wants to know how the writing life i...

As I spent the day today with my granddaughter, Alexis J., she started telling me a little bit about how fan fiction works, and so I decide...