The Write Conversation

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn @LynnHBlackburn Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking a lot about my early years as a writer. I had no ide...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn  @LynnHBlackburn I read a lot of books on writing, creativity, and productivity. I read a lot of writing blo...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn  @LynnHBlackburn I am a book lover. Always have been. I realize that not everyone is. (I don't understa...

by Lynn Blackburn  @LynnHBlackburn A few weeks ago, our youngest son decided he was ready to try riding his bike without the training whee...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn  @LynnHBlackburn I love giving gifts. If I could, I would give gifts to E-V-E-R-Y-B-O-D-Y. My husband argue...

by Lynn H. Blackburn I’m sure many of you have heard of the idea of choosing One Word for the New Year.

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn With all the things we have to do during the holidays, it’s easy to set our writing aside. But what if we co...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn One of the best things about NaNoWriMo is that it demands you cease all forms of procrastinatio...

The War of Art The War of Art by Steven Pressfield A guest blog by Lynn Blackburn Edie tried to let me off the hook this mont...

A guest post by Lynn Blackburn For my first guest post here at The Write Conversation , I reviewed a talk given by Cec Murphey a...

My fingernails are gone…every last one of them. I haven’t been watching horror flicks or reading thrillers. What I have been doi...

Prayer for the New Year by Lynn Blackburn At the risk of sending you diving into that stash of dark chocolate you hid on January first, ...

Writers on Writing Writers on Writing  a book review by Lynn Huggins Blackburn Don't you love it when you read a book and it'...

A review by Lynn Huggins Blackburn Have you ever launched into a project, only to discover months later that you had done it all wrong? No...

Writing Fiction for all You're Worth:  Strategies and Techniques for Taking Your Fiction to the Next Level James Scott Bell A Review...

A Review on Stephen King's ON WRITING by Lynn Huggins Blackburn I don’t like horror. I don’t read it. I don’t watch it. I try very hard...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn H ave you ever felt left out? Ever been told you should do something if you want to succeed—but you can't? ...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn Last month we explored a few features of Scrivener for Windows that are particularly useful during the dra...

by Lynn Huggins Blackburn I wrote my first novel in a Word document. It never occurred to me that there might be a better way to do i...