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 …
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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. …
Unpublished Writers: Just a Few Days Left and It's Only Offered Every Two Years
Years ago I was a finalist for the Barbara Kingsolver-founded Bellwether Prize in Support of Literature of Social Change, which this year has become the …
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May Your Days Be Merry and Your Reading Light Bright!
The Twelve Books of Christmas
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... Books Make Great Gifts! Happy Holidays from Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Four Ms. …
Will You Share a Favorite Poem?
Was it Baudelaire who said, "Always be a poet, even in prose"? I came to my current favorite poem, Jane Kenyon's incantatory "Let Evening Come," by hearing John …
Which Writing Friends are You Thankful For?
Which writing friends are you particularly thankful for this Thanksgiving? For me, the things I accomplish are only achieved with the support of family and …
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Never Mind a Room, We Need a Newspaper of Our Own
Uh-oh. The year's "great books" lists have begun. Female authors have put on our literary heels and danced backward as well as we can, but it looks again like …
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Never Pity Your Manuscript
"The main rule of the writer is never to pity your manuscript. The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. Mine is on a steady diet." - Isaac Bashevis Singer, …
