I did a panel on writing dialogue at the San Francisco Writers' Conference yesterday, and ran out of the handouts I brought. So for those of you who asked for a …
Writing Quotes and Other Literary Fun
Twitterature Quiz: a Literary Match Game with Hashtags
I recently posted on my Huffington Post blog a Twitterature Literary Match game -- and thought I'd share it here along with the answers. Just match the 2012 …
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Isabel Allende on Passion, Writing, and Character
Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters; they only make good former spouses." - Isabel Allende, from her 2007 TED Talk I listened to …
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Good Grammar is Sexy
As I am deep in the details of the grammar rules, working on copy edits for The Wednesday Daughters, my thought for the day: (I would love to take credit for …
Bookshelf as Painting
How sad that this wonderful book image, which I found as a repin on Page & Palette's Pinterest page, links from the Pinterest post to a porn site. Sigh. I …
When Comforting a Grammar Nazi…
Maybe it's just that I'm waiting for copyedits on The Wednesday Daughters, but this one--found on Pinterest, thanks to Pudd'nhead Books--made me laugh. - Meg …
E.B. White and Friedrich Nietzsche on Writing and Friends … and Please Share Links to Your Writer-Pals
I was just about to tweet the E.B. White quote “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer" with thanks to some of my …
The Wordle.net Edit
Have you discovered Wordle.net yet? It's a site that will make a word cloud of your entire manuscript. I copied a late-process draft of The Wednesday Daughters …
I like to have a Martini…
I like to have a Martini, two at the very most; three, I'm under the table, four I'm under my host!" - Dorothy Parker Available at the The Library Shop at the …
Book Labyrinth
I'd love to get lost in this very cool book labyrinth I found on one of my new favorite onsite places, bookporn on imgur.com. Click on the photo for even more …
