Amazon Charts bestselling author Jess Lourey shares eleven truths about writing.

Here’s a neat and sweet way to increase your focus when writing…

This writing tip is so easy and so effective that I assumed everyone was doing it.

I test all the writing software out there. Every program promises to make my writing better, easier, faster, but mostly it gives me a stress headache as I try to squish it to fit my process. Inevitably, I return to my notepad, Microsoft Word, and index cards.

Not so with this one.

Jess Lourey’s writing retreats for women have all the wonderful food, relaxation, exploration, and instruction you'd expect (she is a bestselling, multi-genre author and was a writing professor for 22 years, after all), but they've got a secret sauce woven throughout…

Are you early in your writing career? Find out why it’s important to find the heart of your story, how to survive rejection, and why it’s important you never give up.

Jess Lourey has led a writing retreat in Costa Rica in 2022 and a writing retreat in Italy in 2022. What’s next?

Jess Lourey discusses the ups and downs (mostly ups!) of the 2022 women’s writing retreat in Costa Rica.

As a Midwestern gal, I'm allergic to bragging. It's so bad that I even get contact hives if I hear someone else talking positively about themselves (I'm working on this). That's why it pains me to tell you that today, I woke up content. Read on to find out why.

Ever wonder what’s covered in writing retreats?

The idea is, whether you're writing fiction or nonfiction, treat your reader as a partner. Don't over-write or over-explain. Trust them. Give them just enough information and invite them in to co-create the rest.

Weirdly, I think of my grandma's partial dentures whenever I think of this process.

I'm embarrassed to say I put off watching Mare of Easttown because I didn't like the title. Looked like a boring show about a woman who ran a town and wore scarves (yea, I know it was spelled "Mare," not "mayor," but it stuck in my head that way and I couldn't shake it; told you I was embarrassed).