<p>Veteran teacher and author Colleen Cruz has seen it all and done it all in the writing classroom-and she's got something to admit: this is hard work. Real hard. In<em>The Unstoppable Writing Teacher</em> she takes on the common concerns, struggles, and roadblocks that we all face in writing instruction and helps us engage in the process of problem solving each one.</p><p>From dealing with writing workshop skeptics to working with students both gifted and challenged, and of course combating that eternal barrier-lack of time-Colleen offers tried-and-true strategies to address and overcome obstacles.</p><p>For the struggles unique to you, she includes a &quot;<em>Name Your Monster</em>&quot; section that helps you identify your own individual roadblocks and even offers sustainable support through her blog, colleencruz.com. &quot;We can't solve all the problems we're faced with in writing instruction,&quot; Colleen promises, &quot;but we can choose how to respond to them. And our responses will make all the difference.&quot;</p><p>What makes you unstoppable, or what's stopping you? Connect with Colleen on her blog at or on Twitter, #unstoppablewritingteacher.</p>