With apologies for this long introduction but ... well, this is Dan Chaon we're talking about. Dan is an amazingly talented writer: his story collection, Among …
George Eliot on Reaching for your Dreams
"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot …
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The Secret to Getting Published
I get so many questions at events and in emails through my website about how to find an agent and get published that I thought I'd rerun a guest blog I did for …
Books Inc., Palo Alto CA
and other locations in the bay area--this is where I first saw my 1st novel! The newest bookstore on my block is actually one that's been around for ages. Books …
Mrs. Dalloway’s, Berkeley CA
Literary & Garden Arts Mrs. Dalloway's is a store that did not exist when my first novel came out, but the first time I heard about this store--which draws …
Just in Case You're Thinking It's Time to Give Up
How long should you stick to writing if you're not meeting with quick success? I've just read an interview with Cynthia Ozik in The Writer's Chronicle. The …
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Erma Bombeck on Snow-Blindness
"To say, 'Well, I write when I really get into it' is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at it a long time, get snow-blindness if you have …
W.H. Auden on Work Habits
Get up very early and get going at once, in fact, work first and wash afterwards." - W.H. Auden …
Kepler's Books, Menlo Park CA
a great store for author events and reading advice I had the idea to blog about great bookstores as I was visiting some wonderful ones last summer on The …
"For most of history, Anonymous was a woman."
As I was tidying the yard with my husband this afternoon, I was thinking about the wonderful Virginia Wolff quote - "For most of history, Anonymous was a woman" …
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