Author: Callie Armstrong

Callie spent what would have been her college years traveling around the world eating and drinking and collecting adventures, stories and more books than one person could hope to read in a lifetime. She’s spent the past 5 years raising two rambunctious boys and writing. Her work has appeared on Kveller.com, and in The Jewish Press. She is currently working on a self-inflicted challenge, writing one short story a week for a year. You can find the stories on her blog at calliedeanne.com

In Favor Of Writing Groups

I’ve tried to keep an open mind about how writers write ever since I met a guy who swore he only ever wrote anything good while he was naked, but last weekend when I was in Barnes and Noble writing and I heard two women my age talking about how stupid they think writers’ groups …
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Writing With Kids

I have a beautiful writing room, it has a wall filled with books and a desk that overlooks the pond in our backyard, but today I’m working on my writing from the couch. Next to me a three-year-old has snuggled into my elbow space and is eating crackers and stealing sips of my Chai tea. …
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A Reason To Bleed

If you’re like most of the writers I know, you’re not getting paid much to do what you do. You’re sitting up late at night or early in the morning. You’re writing between meetings and brainstorming quickly in the elevator on your iPhone while you rush off to make money until the day you can …
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Story Ideas in Unlikely Places

Roughly four months ago I began a challenge, to write one short story a week for a year. 52 stories in 52 weeks sounded like nothing when I sat at the starting line of week one with a few good ideas but when I finished week two I was concerned and I began to worry …
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Overcoming the Rejection Blues

Introducing Callie Armstrong. She will be joining us on alternating Fridays. Please give her a big Writeonsisters welcome! When I decided to get serious about writing I began to study short stories and read them more than I read anything else, feeding my increasing desire to create whole worlds in a few thousand words. I …
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