Writer Wins Love Lottery Because this is a writing blog, there is a writing angle here—perhaps the most important writing advice I can give anyone—but it's …
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Booker Prize Finalist and PEN/Faulkner winner Karen Joy Fowler on Beginning to Write
Lucky all of us who love great fiction: a new edition of Karen Joy Fowler's Black Glass was released yesterday! This terrific short story collection won the …
5 Fabulous Literary Fathers, in Their Own Words
In celebration of Father's Day... You may think you have the best real dad in the world (I certainly do!), but I've pulled together some fictional contenders to …
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A 6-Book Quiz: Match the Amazon 1 Star Reviews to the Classic Books they Describe
Match the Amazon 1 Star Reviews to the Classic Books they Describe Can you match the actual 1-star Amazon reviews with the books they were posted for? The …
Starting with a journal…
Laura Nicole Diamond's debut novel, Shelter Us, is just out, and Christina Baker Kline says she "couldn’t put this lovely book down." Laura also edited the …
10 Writing Tips from the Masters
10 Writing Tips from the Writing Masters: “Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling …
7 Fabulous Writing Tips (and Publishing Tips too!) from my 1st Books Guest Authors
I'm celebrating the 7th anniversary of 1st Books this week -- yes, 7 years of terrific guest author posts and other writing and publishing tips! -- with 7 tips …
BookWorks, Pacific Grove CA
When Mac and I first explored Pacific Grove almost two decades ago, there was a charming bookstore in town that was one of the reasons we seriously considered …
6 Writing Tips from Kazuo Ishiguro
The truth is the combination of dazzling on the page and dazzling in person is rare. So my intrepid traveling companion was not enthusiastic about attending the …
6 sexy ways to celebrate National Poetry Month
Did you know April is National Poetry Month? The Academy of American Poets inaugurated National Poetry Month in 1996, which makes this its 20 year. I love the …
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