This month, I caught up with Ruta Sepetys, recently home from a two-month book tour for her latest…
When I was a student in the MFA program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, I heard Jane Kurtz, the…
For months I’ve been trying to find the right opening for the novel I started in 2013, and I think…
I’m big on beginning novels in media res (in the middle of things), meaning jumping into a scene…
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…
Oops, I did it again. No, no, I haven’t broken a guy’s heart à la Britney Spears, but I’ve repeated the…
After attending an excellent James River Writers panel discussion (“The Writing Show”) and Master Class in April with authors John…
“Restless Leg Syndrome? Oh, that’s an electrolyte imbalance,” said a doctor-friend. “Just drink Gatorade.” I shrugged. Couldn’t hurt. So I…