Michelle Wright

It’s been a while since my last post because well, life. To sum up, I’m six years older, I have three more kids (for a total of four),...

1. Don’t think about the odds of winning. Consider this simple math: 10,000 entries; 1 grand-prize winner. The odds are against you....

This first anniversary of Writers Epic makes me think back a year to when it all began – what I had planned to write about and what...

I recently discovered that in my older pieces of writing, and even in some of my newer stuff, I seem to have had a debate between long...

As a writer of mainly coming of age stories, my thoughts often turn to this particular genre and its conventions – writing for children...

I read an article on Dictionary.com about the word “hopefully” and the discrepancy between its actual meaning and the meaning it has...

Today’s simple two cents: As an editor, I’ve noticed that some writers seem to be confused about capitalization beyond the beginning of a...

Blame it on msn, facebook, or whatever other means of less-than-perfect social networking and online communications, which undoubtedly...

The protagonist of a story is so important to the success of the story that good character development can make the difference between a...

Have you decided to start a story and don’t really know where to begin? I’ve done the same before, and I’m sure plenty of other writers...

According to the dictionary, “epic” can be an imaginative work of any form, impressive in scope, narrating the adventures or deeds of...