Writer’s Resolutions or New Year’s Rally Cry

Here’s the thing about New Year’s resolutions: I could resolve all day long to do things like take my vitamins every day or exercise at least twice a week. In the end, I would still ignore the alarm that beeps on my phone every morning at 7am, reminding me to down the iron and calcium …

From Writing Prompts to Props: Introducing Toshio Ninomiya

Great writers will always surprise you and leave you thinking of their stories long after you’ve reached the end. This is true of my friends at the Retirement Living Center, who came to our monthly writing class last Saturday with not only stories, but props in tow. We wrote on cloth and memory, a prompt …

Author Interviews: the Year in Review

The end of the year is always a perfect time to reflect and say thank you to the folks who help make this blog worthy of reading. I’m the only author who maintains Writing Under Pressure, but I’m certainly not the only one who adds content here. About once a month, I host an author …