On Writing

"First you're an unknown, then you write a book and you move up to obscurity."
Martin Myers

Ideas for young writers

The Publication Poop

Advice on becoming a writer

Agent advice

Asking an author for help

From the offer to the bookstore

Shannon's path to publication

What I wish I'd known

Why do you want to be a writer?

10 unrequested suggestions made to an unpublished novelist

The Writer's Life

Giving life to Your characters

On workshops

Researching my stories

Working with an editor

Advice for the newly published

Writing your voice

Writers on writing

Writers and riches

Writing and mothering

Writing is rewriting

Why I love fairy tales

See also, Shannon's blog posts on writing.