Maryan Pelland, professional freelance writer, has written for the Chicago Tribune, the Daily Herald and other publications. A native Chicagoan with hundreds of bylines online and in print, she'll help you weather the transition writing is undergoing.
Author Libby Fischer Hellman is hip to her genre’s best features, and spot-on in constructing a wonderful sense of place in her detective novels. Easy Innocence, featuring Hellmann’s recurring woman private investigator Georgia Davis, setsup...
In my work, I've met authors like Sara Paretsky, musicians like Vince Vance and Pete Fountain and all manner of massage experts and wellness gurus. There are many benefits to being a writer and one of them is opportunity...
New managing editor doesn't see big changes for Bookslut.com Bookslut.com, an irreverent, Chicago virtual literary institution will see its founder and chief editor Jessa Crispin abandon the home office for relocation to Berlin. It's a long...
The Midwest Writers Workshop is July 23-25 at the Ball State University Alumni Center in Muncie, Indiana. The mission is to help writers perfect or improve their craft and the conference provides networking opportunities for writers to connect...
This is an amazing time to be a writer in Chicago, according to Jill Pollack, director and founder of StoryStudio Chicago. She tols us in an interview the other day that the literary scene is crazy busy. For example, StoryStudio...
PBS Nova is airing a special this month about the loss of the original Mayan language and the recent key discovery that will crack the code and unlock the language. If you think about it, language is the tools of...
StoryStudio Chicago is conducting a summer workshop for teens who like to write. Scheduled for June 17 - July 8, sessions are 10 am to 12:30 pm on Wednesdays. StoryStudio describes their location as a beautifully rehabbed loft in...
My family and I, claiming three generations of military heroes, encourage you to take a moment of respectful silence to honor America's heroes, men and women, past and present.Please add your comment to those of other...
Spring has busted out all over and there is no greater pleasure than packing up the laptop and taking your work on the road. It's a terrific time for writers and freelancers to change scenery at a remote location...
The Chicago Reader calls your attention to their pick for a possible writer's role model, the best Chicago author in the past year. Reader named Aleksandar Hermon's The Lazarus Project as their standout. Writers who want to sell...