Want to work on your writing craft, even if you’re busy with other things? Tackle your skills one month at a time. In January: beginnings!

You have more than one way of reading—and deep reading is becoming more scarce. Write accordingly.

Writing a book teaches important lessons about life: give tasks the time they require, you can’t control everything, and be impatient for the work, not the result.

Take my Writing Wardrobe challenge, and replace a single, dull word in everything you write. You may be surprised by how much fun it can be.

What can trees can teach us about writing, output, and growth?