My brother-in-law emailed me a quote from Richard Rohr, and I printed it on a scrap of paper, taped it above…
For months I’ve been trying to find the right opening for the novel I started in 2013, and I think…
The Halfway House for Writers is a book I’ll read again. And again. And again. Like Anne Lamott’s Bird by…
Over this past summer, friends gave me these comments on the draft of a new YA novel: “I’m confused here. Are the…
I’m big on beginning novels in media res (in the middle of things), meaning jumping into a scene…
If you read only one book this summer, make it Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County. Part memoir,…
I should complete a first draft before deciding on my opening lines. I know I know I know this, but…
I recently read and commented on a number of submissions for Hunger Mountain, Vermont College of Fine Arts’ journal for…
What a joy to feature Wendy Wan-Long Shang on my blog today! Wendy is the author of the award-winning novel…
We live in a 45 year-old house just beyond the county utility lines, so we’ve got a septic tank out…