I've spent most of my holiday shopping hours this year (as always) in bookstores. My giving bag includes old favorites (Andre Kertesz On Reading - with lovely …
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A Long Scroll of Ink
Words of writing wisdom from one of the authors I most admire, Margaret Atwood: The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will …
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award
Winning a writing contest always seems like a long shot, but then publishing anything is a long shot, isn't it? And since my own writing life got a much-needed …
Happy Birthday, Jane Austen
December 16: Jane Austen's birthday. She would have been 235 today. And for all the imitations on bookstore shelves recently, none touches the original. She …
A Date which will Live in Infamy, and the Value of a Word
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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