One of the best decisions I made when I began my journey to publication for The Talking Drum was applying…
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In this time, readers and writers everywhere are concerned with helping independent booksellers survive the pandemic. Indies matter for many…
This week, we’re tackling the financial realities of being a writer. As I thought about what to say, Karen’s post from…
Today’s the day for our own Amy Klein, Friday blogger on this very website and author of The Trying Game:…
What a treat to welcome my friend and agent sister Alison Hammer to the dance today! I met Alison in…
What inspires me to write? Well, it’s not global pandemic, danger, distraction, and fear. But even in these bizarre and…
I wrote my first novel about a world I’d been living in forever: the large public school. As a teacher…
Well, it certainly seems strange to be writing about a perfect day in these new and eerie times. Is it…
This week, our topic is, “What types of scenes do you like to write and why?” This seems a bit…
I’d always thought of world-building as something that happened in science fiction and fantasy, which is probably how I ended…