Word for Words Blog for Writers from Adele Annesi

Busy writers don't have to go it alone in planning and doing an author event. Nor does an event have to be all work. Here are ways to plan your next author experience to help build your audience, enhance your skills and foster your enjoyment of the writing life.

Spring is a great time to escape distractions and write. But with high gas prices and other constraints, it’s hard to find a retreat package that fits your time and budget. So why not design your own writing getaway. Here's how.

The new year is often a time for writers to reflect on the year before and what we accomplished. Yet, we sometimes dread looking back because we didn’t achieve all we hoped or planned. Still, we’ve had successes, planned and unplanned, and probably more than we realize. This guide to looking back can help writers note and evaluate their achievements, and replicate them (and m...

After six years, I returned to Italy in October. The trip gave me time with family and a break from the routine. It also provided something Bob Dylan noted in his memoir, Chronicles: Volume One—experience. And from experience comes inspiration.

Like my dad, whose lifelong love affair with Italy was partly the subject of What She Takes Away, my first novel,...