Welcome to Pairings

Just like everyone else, we face choices. But the choices authors face aren't exactly like the ones you're imagining.

Quitter's Day has come and gone, and with it, 80% of our 2025 New Year Resolutions. It's not too late for this smoother means to success.

How does inspiration strike? For these authors, it's the random events in everyday life that sparked ideas for their novels.

Henry Miller's own Eleven Commandments of Writing helped him maintain his focus on work in progress. Can they help with yours, too?

Here's how four words — Create First, React Later — can help to keep you on the writing track.

"The work never never matches the dream of perfection the artist has to start with" — William Faulkner

In one short paragraph author Flannery O'Connor nails down her work ethic — one that will motivate your creative soul.