Tag: writing

Imagination Creates Reality: Irish Travel Story
Stepping onto an Irish bluff, I found the point I’d created off the coast of Rhode Island. Read More …

Book Review: A Dangerous Fiction
Barbara Rogan’s story about a literary agent in peril takes us on a ride, though maybe it should’ve started in a different place. Read More …

Writing and Editing with Latitude
Bringing latitude to writing and editing means seeing both big picture and detail more clearly. Read More …

What Makes a Book Memorable?
Books that keep us reading, past our bedtime or our subway stop, are the ones that stay with us long after we’ve finished. Read More …

Dare to Fail: Plotting the next Novel
Outlining the next project may help me get to The End, or it may be a complete failure. Only one way to find out. Read More …

What She Wants: Agent Search Update
Why querying brought back a college classroom. Read More …

12 Lessons from 2017
Lessons learned after twelve months of intensive story-telling—both fiction and fact. Read More …

Baby Steps Toward Big Dreams
Big dreams must be broken down into small steps before we can actually make them happen. Read More …

Revision Magic: Break for Champagne
The more I write, the more convinced I am that revision is where the real magic happens. Read More …

Salting my Stories
Fiction with a large dose of salt tastes best to me. Read More …