Kathryn Page Camp

  C.S. Lewis is one of my favorite authors and, although I don’t usually read fantasy, I love the Narnia series. As a writer, I especially e...

  Sightseeing is no fun if you can’t see anything because of the darkness or the dust in your eyes. A significant part of our time in Sout...

  We were in Zimbabwe, Africa, in early September, which is around the time when the dry season ends and the rainy season begins. What we ex...

I think wart hogs are among the ugliest animals God made. Well, hippos on land are uglier, and I’m sure you can name a few other animals, bu...

  Personally, I think hippos are boring when you see them out of the water. Notice how ugly even the baby is when standing around grazing, o...

  The word “rhinoceros” makes me think of a large animal with a horn in the center of its forehead, but that isn’t what we saw in Africa. Th...

  One of the coolest things I saw in Africa was small. Similarly, it’s often the little things that make a story work. Less than six inche...

  Antelope roam everywhere in southern Africa. They even share hotel grounds with people (as do zebras). Here is a guide to identifying just...

  Over the years, I’ve heard many authors claim that writers should read every manuscript out loud. Unfortunately, I didn’t see the need to ...

  I’ve been preparing a manuscript for editing, and it has gotten me thinking about commas. Normally, I only use them where a speaker would ...

  As I mentioned at the end of my last post, the number one rule for getting started writing is the cliché, “Just do it.” Most good writers ...

  A reader of this blog recently asked me if I had any tips on how to start writing. I’m far from being an expert on the issue, especially s...

I’ve been writing a murder mystery, and I am continually reminded of the “Rosebud” incident in the movie Citizen Kane . Everything t...

We’ve had some crazy weather lately, and it got me thinking about how writers use w...

My husband had a knee replaced on January 15, and my temporary role as nursemaid is cutting into my writing time. So this week I am repr...

Just over a month ago I wrote a blog post pondering several ideas for my next novel. I finally picked one and have already started the ...

Am I a grammar nerd? Yes and no. I believe that everyone should know the grammar rules, but I also think it is okay to break them if the...

In November I had the privilege of interviewing a Japanese American couple who were incarcerated (separately) by the U.S. government dur...

Writers can be classified in a number of ways. One is to separate those with not enough ideas from those with too many. I fall in the late...

 Good writing is hard work. Sometimes the words flow easily, and sometimes they don’t. But even when they do, they usually require a ...