Before I wrote this post – an update on my New Year’s resolution – I reread my post from the…
Author: Heather Young
After I signed my book deal it didn’t take long before I started hearing about something called a “launch party.”…
Music is critical to my writing process. When I sat down to work on THE LOST GIRLS, I’d turn on…
John Gardner, the author of one of the greatest craft books of all time, THE ART OF FICTION, once said…
This week I’m confronted by a topic that doesn’t bear much relationship to what I write: food. Unlike Jennifer’s MODERN…
I started hearing early buzz about Julie Christine Johnson’s debut novel IN ANOTHER LIFE late last year, and my interest…
I confess: I’m jealous of Louise and Jenny, with their nonexistent and paltry lists of regrets. Because I do have regrets.…
When I was a young lawyer fresh out of law school, I was one of ten women in a class…
THE LOST GIRLS was born of water. Not just any water, but the very particular lake water of my childhood.…
I read Tara Conklin’s THE HOUSE GIRL at a pivotal moment in my own writing, when I was floundering with…