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Like superheroes with super powers, we creatives must use our gift with care — nourish it, tend to it, and practice it.

With new research showing the world's fresh water supply is quickly disappearing, it's not a leap for an author to plot a dystopian waterless future — and another novel in The Dust Series

How did Ruby Lee Becker, the main character in Unspoken: A Dust Novel, become a heroine on the classic hero’s journey?

These authors found inspiration in the hidden histories of accomplished women, whose achievements went untold.

Just like everyone else, we face choices. But the choices authors face aren't exactly like the ones you're imagining.

Some New Year's Resolutions are so grand they're bound to fail. Before you join the Quitter's Day majority (January 10), try this smoother means to success.

How does inspiration strike? For these authors, it's the random events in everyday life that sparked ideas for their novels.

Henry Miller's own Eleven Commandments of Writing helped him maintain his focus on work in progress. Can they help with yours, too?

Here's how four words that will become your mantra can help to keep you on the writing track.

"The work never never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with" — William Faulkner

In one short paragraph author Flannery O'Connor nails down her work ethic — one that will motivate your creative soul.