Want to Get on as a Novelist? Then Write for the WorldParks, Tim
Novelist and future bookstore proprietor Emma Straub at home in Brooklyn last May (Photo credit: Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times/Redux) The birth of a new bookstore in Carroll Gardens reads like a fairy tale. Once upon a time, Emma Straub and her husband Michael Fusco-Straub, bothgrea...
I wanted something to include in a eulogy I was preparing for my sister and like many people I was searching without a clear idea of what I was looking for. My blundering would stop when the'right poem'appeared. Only it didn't. I found lots of poems however there was always abutdisqu...
I’m anovelist,screenwriter, TV/film/theatredirector,producer, andOwner/Founderof Rebel Ragdoll, a media f’empire in progress! What I Do Here! I teach novelists, filmmakers, and game designers of color (like YOU!) how to create a flexible, sustainable, and financially-viable career off the...
SHANGHAI, April 26 (Xinhua) -- In the realm of detective fiction, the truth often lies shrouded in enigmas, with both the characters within the pages and the authors who pen these tales of suspense working to unveil them. Shi Chen, a detective novelist born in 1987, has not only penned...
The novelist Alexandra Sokoloff makes list of words that express the flavor, theme, or feeling of the novel she wants to write. For example, for her ghost story, THE HARROWING, Sokoloff's list included words like "shattered", "alone", "portal", "door", and "abandoned". ...
Writers who prefer judgment like to start projects early, work at a steady pace, and finish before the deadline. When unexpected developments threaten the schedule, they can have trouble adapting. How can judging writers honor their need to plan, while remaining open to new ideas that arise?
Welcome to Jane Dougherty's site. You will find posts about writing in general, my writing in particular, and random notes about where I live, and my animals and other family. Thanks for dropping in. As of October 27 2020 my first chapbook of poetry thic
“sparrow” to describe the man’s hands rather than more common and conventional adjectives like “thin” or “flighty” is both startling and effective. It is not a word we are accustomed to seeing used in this way – in fact, it is not an adjective at all but a noun pressed into ...
Still, some have come to us and said “How Not to Write a Novelis not for me, for I have an MFA: I have achieved mastery of fine arts. I have wrestled fine arts to the ground, and they have cried like a little girl. I–I–am their master! What use do I, the literary novel...