Once upon a long-ago, I hurled high school algebra against the wall. It’s the only time I’ve ever thrown a book.
The Writing Life: Patterns in the Splatter by Lisa Ahn
Category: Articles
Craft: Commence(ment) by Donna Steiner
Although many of my friends are accomplished writers, I am most often around young writers, beginning writers.
Craft: One Famous Fowl’s Trek into Traffic and What the Writer Can Glean from It
Ah, that famous chicken, the one that crossed the road! We never really find out why it did what it did.
Interview: Kristen Johnston, author of Guts
Writers are complex creatures as are the characters that fill our pages. Actress and author Kristen Johnston knows this all too well.
Craft: Back to the Beginning by Risa Nye
Last time, I wrote an essay about endings—and for this issue I decided to write about beginnings. Topsy-turvy thinking, or all part of my careful plan? Let’s go with the topsy-turvy thinking. But I have a great excuse for going in reverse order: once again, I’ve been given food for thought by some excellent writers.
Interview: John Elder Robison, author of Look Me in the Eye and Raising Cubby
Imagine growing up and knowing there’s something wrong with you. You feel different; you are different. You’re fine physically, but socially you’re an outsider, alone and sad. Then imagine the relief decades later when a name is given to how you feel, and do, and act.
The Writing Life: On Mermaid Hands and Bezoar Stones by Lisa Ahn
One of my favorite bits of advice for writers is to “write the book you’d like to read”. In that case, I’ll write wonder chambers, cabinets of curiosities. I like books that question the placement of dividing lines, books that throw me unexpected curves.
Review: The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth
When still considering writing a memoir about his father’s death from AIDS in the 1980s and the secretive atmosphere in his parent’s stylish Central Park West apartment, Marco Roth was deeply concerned that he “mustn’t write about any of this.
Interview: Paula Margulies, Book Publicist
Experts like San Diego-based Paula Margulies, owner of Paula Margulies Communications know how crucial it is for authors to reach their audience… and she helps them do just that.
Craft: Square One by Donna Steiner
There were no ideas, no sparks; the fallow months were piling up with alarming rapidity.
