Ten years ago today, on the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O'Connor taking her seat as the 1st female Justice of the Supreme Court, I published my first opinion …
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On Agent Queries
Finding a good literary agent - which is generally the first step to getting published with a traditional publisher - can be like finding any good relationship: …
Tips for Writers
Writers Links The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: Poets & Writers Magazine The Nebraska Center for …
Paddling your Bathtub into London: How Great Stories End
I am working through plotting issues myself and returned to these notes from a master class I taught on narrative endings a couple years ago. They are just my …
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On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
It’s a rainy evening in Paris, just minutes before the hour, 75 years ago, that D-Day began. At midnight, RAF aircraft dropped hundreds of dummy paratroopers …
Karen Joy Fowler: First Words
In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker …
Julia Glass: The Not Quite Yes
For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, …
The Lowly Pencil
Pencil, from the Latin penicillus, meaning "little tail." Little tail? Not everyone writes even occasionally with the old fashioned yellow pencil with pink …
A Hemingway Story that Started 100 Years Ago Today
On this day 100 years ago, 18-year-old Ernest Hemingway (yes, that guy) was distributing chocolate and cigarettes to soldiers at the Italian front when a shell …
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5 Quotes from Philip Roth on Reading, Writing, and Life
I was saddened to hear the news last night that Philip Roth has died. Here are a few of the wisdoms I learned from reading his books: On reading: "Everybody …
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