Today we continue our Iowa Author Series with Tracey Garvis Graves. Tracey Garvis Graves is the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of contem...Read More
Today we continue our Iowa Author Series with Sharelle Byars Moranville. Sharelle is an award-winning author of seven novels for young readers, most recently 27 Magic Words and Surprise...Read More
by Beth Burgmeyer A few months ago, some members of the Des Moines Writers Workshop were part of a Q and A panel where we talked about publishing and writing. One person asked about our writing habits...Read More
We are posting a series of interviews with some of our members so people can learn a little about our members and see what their experience in the Des Moines Writers’ Workshop is like. Here is our ...Read More
If you need some inspiration to reach your writing goals in 2017, read member, Michelle Chalkey’s, blog post about her year in writing in 2016. Michelle’s goal in 2016 was to find a way to...Read More
We are posting a series of interviews with some of our members so people can learn a little about our members and see what their experience in the Des Moines Writers’ Workshop is like. Here is our ...Read More
By Beth Burgmeyer As the Des Moines Writers’ Workshop continues to steadily grow, our number one priority is to maintain the integrity of our groups. What do I mean by that? I mean we want our criti...Read More
By Michelle Chalkey Writing a novel is no light task. It is an art, a craft to be learned, studied and developed. Luckily for us writers, improving our craft can come from one of our favorite hob...Read More
by Rachel Eliason There is a lot of writing advice out there on the web, in books, and from various writing groups. I’ve been around for a while and literally had hundreds of people tell me the “r...Read More
This past month has been an exciting one for several of our writers. R.J Eliason (who also writes as Rachel Eliason) has several new books out. She recently released Bear Naked 3: The Hunted, the thi...Read More