Last month when friend, colleague, fellow Richmonder and partner in literary dreams Meg Medina won the Newbery Medal for her…
Barbara Kingsolver says, “[Writing is] a project of balancing the audacity to do this work, and the humility to keep trying until you’ve gotten it right.”
Writing is a solitary activity, but we don’t have to do it alone… Won’t you sign up with me?
“Why does your book matter? Why should anyone read it?” David asked me.
Whether you measure progress in daily word counts or butt-in-chair hours, writing a first draft means letting characters surprise you.
Last year I asked a friend if she’d collaborate with me on a novel, and she didn’t say YES right…
Is passion just an obsession with something you can’t seem to get better at, or is it the very thing…
“The first part of a book for me is hearing the character’s voice in my head. I don’t even take out a pen until I hear it strongly and consistently.”
Steve Watkins’s novel SINK OR SWIM takes readers to North Carolina’s Ocracoke Island one summer during World War II.
I met Gwen Cole two years ago at a fun author event (thank you, Richmond Public Library, for supporting YAVA -Young…