Randy Sue Meyers is an online writer-pal, and author of The Murderer's Daughters, which Jan Gardner, writing for the Boston Globe, called, "A gripping tale of …
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Literary Envy
It's the dirty little secret none of us likes to admit to, but I'd venture to guess most of us in the deepest recesses of our ambitious little hearts will have …
Alex George: Starting Over
Sara Gruen calls this week's guest author, Alex George "a first rate talent." And last week's guest, Eleanor Brown, calls his new novel, A Good American, "by …
Dickens Quotes for Writers, on the Occasion of his 200th Birthday
Dickens Quotes for Writers, on the Occasion of his 200th Birthday: “I have nothing else to tell; unless, indeed, I were to confess that no one can ever …
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How to Be an Indie Bookseller's Dream
I came across a great Wall Street Journal piece on reading in bookstores, thanks to writer pal Julia Flynn Siler. Some things you'd expect ("be nice to …
Sarah Pinneo: Sometimes Things Don't Pan Out
Sarah Pinneo celebrates the publication of her debut novel, Julia's Child, this week, missing her self-imposed 40th birthday deadline by a few months. Jenny …
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Get Your Manuscripts Ready!
The Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Contest is open for submissions through February 5 - or until they've got 5,000 submissions in each category (YA and General …
Happy 150th, Edith Wharton!
Edith Wharton, the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature, was born on January 24, 1862, 150 years ago today. Born Edith Newbold Jones into a …
10 Words to Shape Your Writing Life By
“A word after a word after a word is power.” - from "Spelling" by Margaret Atwood which is an amazing poem. …
Does This Sound Familiar?
"You start into it, inflamed by an idea, full of hope, full indeed of confidence ... If you are properly modest, you will never write at all, so there had to be …
