I was sixteen years old when I realized that women could be writers. Obviously, I knew that women could write…
Author: M. Molly Backes
Like most writers, I don’t know where characters begin. A moment in passing, a stranger on the train, a half-remembered…
The best advice I ever got about the publishing industry wasn’t from a writer. Nor was it from an agent,…
I don’t do scary. If I’m worried about a character’s well-being, I can’t focus on the story. (And if I…
Let’s be honest: resolutions suck. Not because making plans to be a little better at life is inherently bad, but…
Like any good Chicagoan, I’ve studied improv (improvisational comedy, of which Chicago is the motherland) and I’m married to an…
Since Deb Rachel’s book is all about her year of friend dates, I thought I’d share the story of MY…
I was a teenager in the 90s, so I spent most of high school dressing like Angela Chase: baggy jeans,…
Dear Fiction Writer, Despite what everyone else has told you, you don’t actually have to start a blog. In fact, you…
Confession: I find the idea of posting my agent query letter to be completely mortifying. I wrote it more than…