CHICO — Award-winning screenplay writer Lynn Elliott gets inspiration for his works from a variety of places. Elliott, who taught English at Chico State from 1972 to 2005 and served as chair of the ...

Occasionally, I am offered the opportunity to do an interview or give a guest lecture about being a writer and often this question will be presented: How do I handle writer’s block? It is a topic that ...

For a writer, inspiration comes in many forms and can hit at the oddest of moments. For author Jayne Anne Phillips, the inspiration for her most recent novel, "Lark and Termite," came in the form of a ...

Haviva Ner-David was just starting to promote her debut novel, about the intersecting lives of two Israeli women — one Jewish, one Palestinian — when last month’s military escalation with Gaza erupted ...