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Dec 15, 2009 by Laura Backes

Suppose you’ve just gone through a divorce and lost custody of your kids. Or a loved one has recently died of cancer. Or you...

Nov 13, 2009 by Robert L. Bacon

There are abundant bear traps along the way that even writers who are old hands at accepting the vagaries of the publishing industry...

Nov 9, 2009 by Thomas Ajava

Some people have a problem with starting a story. I don’t. I have a problem with finishing them. I know where I want to go, but...

Sep 29, 2009 by Laura Backes

If you love books, you can probably think of several occasions when you’ve been stopped in your tracks by a unique turn of...

Dec 15, 2008 by Lucia Zimmitti

If you’ve made it past your teens, you’ve learned that denial doesn’t work in relationships. Pretending to be...

Dec 6, 2008 by Lucia Zimmitti

Imagine that you’re being interviewed right before you give your Pulitzer acceptance speech (the National Book Award ceremony...