Summer can be a distracting or deepening time for writers--depends how much you are pulled away by the plethora of activity and energy in wa...

Years ago, I attended a summer writing conference at one of the most renowned colleges in the US. A friend lived in the town, invited me to ...

I love literary fiction, rich nonfiction, travel memoir, all kinds of books, actually, that take me places. Every now and then, I also love ...

I've only slowly gotten used to my own stages of writerly reaction when I receive feedback. Positive feedback generates a warm satisfact...

One of my long-time students asked a great question: how does a writer develop voice? I wanted to make sure she was talking about the writer...

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When we finish a good book, something lingers with us. We have coffee with a friend and she notices we're distracted. It's not life-...

One of the most challenging parts of assembling a good query letter--beyond the sheer difficulty of writing it--is deciding on your comps. A...

Realtors know that smart location is everything in buying or selling property. Try to sell a house that's near a busy highway or high te...

There's a kind of romance that happens between a writer and the book they have been working on for months or years. A relationship, at l...