Twice in the last week I've done what I used to do a lot, but don't much get to do these days due to a blessedly full writing and personal life: I visited book …
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10 Terrific Quotes from Elizabeth Strout's Fresh Air Interview
May I recommend this interview -- Pulitzer-Prize winner Elizabeth Strout with Terry Gross on Fresh Air -- to anyone who writes, anyone who wants to write, …
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3 Writing Programs Worth a Look
Writing can be a hard business, but like everything these days, the techy types who may or may not write are here with tools to help us out. Here are three …
5 Tips for Any Writing Career
Lisa Brackmann is the critically acclaimed author of the Ellie McEnroe four novels, including Dragon Day--in bookstores August 18. Booklist, in a starred …
Ain’t Nothing Like Him Nowhere
Writer Wins Love Lottery Because this is a writing blog, there is a writing angle here—perhaps the most important writing advice I can give anyone—but it's …
What Makes a Great Book Review, in 18 Words
(Or, how I spent my Sunday night on a virtual tour of the New York Times Book Review) I spent some time Sunday night watching a Book TV piece on the New York …
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So you want to write a novel with another person?
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke write novels. Together. And they do it while living thousands of miles apart--Liz in San Diego and Lisa in Chicago. They are …
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10 Writing Tips from the Masters
10 Writing Tips from the Writing Masters: “Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling …
13 Writing Prompts To Get the Ink Flowing
When you want to write but aren't sure how to start... In The Wednesday Sisters, Linda gets everyone writing by spilling her purse out over a picnic table, …
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8 Great Writing Tips from F. Scott Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald never lived to see The Great Gatsby acknowledged as an American classic. Today is the 90th anniversary of its publication, and I'm a total fangirl, …
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