Take it from award-winning poet, Mary Oliver. Too much planning can kill creativity. Let your words run wild to reach creative nirvana.

I was lucky enough to hear Maya Angelou in person, an unforgettable experience. Her work has influenced my writing, my world, and my life.

People know Henry David Thoreau for his words, but most don't know that he was a great businessman and driver of the Thoreau Pencil Company.

Writers have a process, a routine, a way of getting their creative mojo flowing. For many, their muse speaks best when they hold a pencil.

The creation of the pencil helped bring about the Renaissance. The simple, little pencil gave common people the ability to write.

You CAN work without writing Brain blocks and brain breaks Ever had a day when the words are stuck like Gorilla Glue to the inside of...

Your brain is stronger, faster, more agile, more complex, and much buffer than you ever imagined. Four reasons for your very buff brain.

Leonardo da Vinci is the greatest genius of all time. We can learn how to be creative by modeling five of Leo's behaviors.

After the discovery of graphite and the development of the pencil, the world forever changed because we could write wherever we went. 

Finding honest feedback is hard. You have to find readers who are willing to read. They’re capable of language skills. They're honest.

Tea companies are winning new converts, increasing sales, and expanding their brand by overturning the previous stereotypes.

da Vinci was the greatest genius of all time, someone who gave advice that writers today  can use to nurture their own creative genius.

If Disney can be profitable with Mulan, more films will be released for streaming at home. Theaters might be a thing of the past.

To win the "Current Wars, Thomas Edison resorted to dirty marketing. He used Westinghouse's current in the electric chair.

When you attend a book signing, ask writers to inscribe their books with one condensed piece of writing wisdom.

Is the road to hell really paved with adverbs? Data analysis proved that Stephen King was right. The best writing has few adverbs.

What makes writers commit literary fraud? The Education of Little Tree, A Million Little Pieces, Misha, Angel at the Fence are all hoaxes.

Writers experience time differently than others. Here's how to make the most of the 5 time zones of productive writers.

Ern Malley's poetry was an elaborate hoax, but because of an editor's backing. Malley's work gained acclaim.

Copywriters are instructed to write at the sixth grade level. Short, simple, and - well - dumber. Even fiction is simpler than before.