criticism

Taming Writer Gremlins

Writing is hard work. It is also fragile work in that we, the writers, are sometimes open to hurt as we engage in the delicate process of putting words, the right words, on paper or screen. Though we might like to think that we write in our ivory towers or

Gracefully Handling Critical Feedback on Your Work

Have you ever received criticism? Yikes, it usually feels quite painful, particularly when it pertains to a story or poem that you really poured your heart and soul into. You want to vanish into the floor like the Wicked Witch of the West does at the end of The Wizard