I’m big on beginning novels in media res (in the middle of things), meaning jumping into a scene…
Oops, I did it again. No, no, I haven’t broken a guy’s heart à la Britney Spears, but I’ve repeated the…
When I was a kid, I wrote letters. Real letters. By hand. Sometimes chain letters. Who has time for that…
I was thrilled when James River Writers (JRW) asked me to interview Kathryn Erskine in advance of the JRW conference…
How and where is it best to enter into a particular story—which moment, which sounds and which smells should a…
I’m so glad to have had the opportunity to interview Meg Medina, author of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your…
Plots. So hard to conceive. So necessary to craft well. You’ll often hear writers talk about the struggle to tease…