When I look back at my elementary school years, some of my fondest memories were the days when the…
Category: The Writing Life
I am so excited to welcome Kristin Harmel to The Debutante Ball. Kristin’s latest novel is The Winemaker’s Wife, an…
We can discuss pitching and pitch letters till the sky turns green, but what would probably be more helpful is…
After I’d put my novel through dozens of revisions over the course of many years, I felt confident enough to…
I read once that air traffic controllers must be able to concentrate in a room where multiple conversations are going…
Halloween is a spook-tacular occasion, what with ghosts, goblins and ghouls ringing the doorbell and phantoms roaming the streets. If…
It is not very often that a work of fiction makes me cry, but that’s what happened when I read…
I never would have gotten through the first draft of my novel without the low residency MFA (Master of Fine…
I can’t say I’m good with rejection. Outwardly, I think I project an uh, okaaaaay attitude when I get rejected, but inwardly, a…
I am so excited to welcome Desiree Cooper to The Debutante Ball. Desiree and I are both Kimbilio fellows. Kimbilio…