President Franklin D. Roosevelt began his speech asking Congress to declare war on Japan sixty-nine years ago tomorrow, "Yesterday, December 7, 1941—a date …
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The Story Was Completely Untrue
“The story was completely untrue, but the untruth of untrue stories could sometimes be of service in the real world.” - Salman Rushdie, from The Enchantress of …
All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published: Poker Losses and Writing Wins
There is some connection between losing at poker and getting good news in my writing life that I don't understand, but am not questioning. I lost $7 Monday …
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The Worst Enemy to Creativity
"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is …
ATSHNGP: Do I Look Like Mark Twain?!
Every All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published must contain some missteps; otherwise it would be a fairy tale. I experienced my first this week. I was …
And the Winners of the National Book Awards Are …
The National Book Award ceremonies were last night. Did you watch them? They don't have the audience of the Oscars or the Emmies, but at least in this internet …
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Beatrix Potter on Writing First Lines – Sort Of
I've been rooting around in the life of Beatrix Potter, having so enjoyed visiting Hill Top Farm and assorted other Potter-rich locales in the English Lake …
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Walking in Oscar Wilde's Diary-Steps
What city can claim more writers per square mile than anywhere else in the world? Oxford, England! (Where I'm posting from today, lucky, me!) This is home of …
Is NaNoWriMo for MyNewNovel?
I was a lawyer before I started writing, and when I made the switch, my husband starting introducing me as a writer. In so many ways, it's one of the nicest …
The All-True Story of How a Novel Gets Published: The Cover, Take Two
Several months ago, I delightedly shared the new cover for The Four Ms. Bradwells - a cover we'll now call "the boat cover," may it rest in peace. In the …
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