Heavens to Betsy! I don't often like to talk about my own writing on this blog, but this is the kind of out-of-the blue moment that perhaps bears sharing. My …
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Patience, Iago – for screenwriting as well as novel writing
Diane Drake, my teacher for an online screenwriting course I'm taking for fun and potential profit - ;) - recommended this interview with Michael Arndt. If you …
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Sundog Books, Seaside FL
the books aren't shelved alphabetically, but the booksellers can find you anything Okay, Sundog Books wins hands down for the most fun ever had in a bookstore. …
Switchbacks: Writing a First Novel
Désirée Zamorano's novel The Amado Women is just out from Cinco Puntos Press. Bustle called it one of Eleven Moving Beach Reads That'll Have You Weeping in Your …
Two Resurrections in One
Liz Rosner has not one but two books coming out now - a new novel, Electric City, and the poetry collection Gravity. To celebrate, I'm running a post she did …
Write Like a Girl
It's not just about the running. I've been a runner since the days when women were prohibited from running marathons on the excuse that too much exercise might …
Writing … Now or Never
I am SO delighted to host my SheWrites.com pal, Cassandra Dunn, and celebrate the publication of her debut novel, The Art of Adapting. Publisher's Weekly calls …
Award Winner took a Decade to Find a Publisher
The 2014 Bailey Prize winner (formerly the Orange Prize) for Women is Eimear McBride, for her debut novel A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing. And here's the thing: …
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Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day!
April is National Poetry Month, and today -- the one day only special! -- is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Just select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with …
Kelly O'Connor McNees: First I Was a Quitter
Kelly O’Connor McNees guest posted here when her first novel, The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott, an Indie Next Pick and O Magazine Summer Reading List …
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