I am so excited to welcome Farah Heron to The Debutante Ball this week. Farah’s debut, THE CHAI FACTOR released in…
Author: Kathleen West
Kathleen West is the author of the forthcoming novel, Minor Dramas & Other Catastrophes, out 2/4/20 from Berkley. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.
Kathleen here with three tips for working with an editor. I think the aim of our prompt this week is…
After I read Celeste Ng’s debut, Everything I Never Told You, I started thinking about writing fiction for real. It…
You wake before your alarm, stretch, and just start typing. The words flow like melted caramel! Writing is easy and…
Real talk: I’ve spent most of my life as a fixed-mindset perfectionist who is afraid to take any risks. Also…
We’re writing about balance this week, and, gosh, I sure hope no one clicked through today hoping for an advice…
I am so excited to welcome Meghan Scott Molin to The Debutante Ball! Meghan and I share an agent (the…
We’re writing about paths to publication this week and, on reflection, I think mine began with violin lessons and the…
When I began writing MINOR DRAMAS & OTHER CATASTROPHES, I was in my fifteenth year of classroom teaching, a job…
When I was in elementary school, my family used to load up our Dodge Ram each summer and head west.…
