Or, you know, whatever. There have been winter rituals/celebrations for, like, EV-ver, what with the getting cold and getting warm and the nights getting longer then shorter and stuff.

When I was teaching creative writing, I began every weekly class with “words of wisdom” written on the board. Here’s one of my favorites. I was making up stories — not to get out of trouble, but for my own entertainment — as early as…

I love exercises. Not physical exercises — oh, dear me, no. You can’t pry my lazy butt off the couch with a crowbar. I mean writing exercises. Here are some writing exercises to limber up your dialog muscles. 1  Write the same information in the…