by Editor | Feb 16, 2018 | A Bookish Blog, Articles
By Susan Bishop Crispell We all have a picture in our minds of how we envision our lives playing out in the future. The city or state we’ll live in, the person we’re going to marry, the house where we’ll raise our families. But rarely does life work out exactly...
by Editor | Feb 5, 2018 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By MJ Joseph Undertaking a job of work in historical fiction provides this author with a happy remove from the social media-inspired addle, Martin Amis’ “fear soup” and some bored scholar’s panting for something new narratological theorems, among other things....
by Editor | Jan 30, 2018 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writer to Writer
By Jamie Raintree There’s a funny thing that happens when you set out to write a book: you start out with a character that is seemingly nothing like you in any way, but the more you write, the more your own thoughts, characteristics, and challenges begin...
by Editor | Jan 16, 2018 | A Bookish Blog, Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Tad Williams Trying to write about writing is always hard, because so much of the process is not only ineffable, but highly individual. For instance, I do a huge amount of writing on my back. This is not actually recommended for everyone — it takes years of...
by Editor | Jan 9, 2018 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Writing Process
By Peter Gajdics In the spring of 2004, when I was 39 years old, I started writing a memoir about my six years in a form of “conversion therapy” at the hands of a licensed psychiatrist, and the medical malpractice suit I’d filed against the doctor for treating...
by Editor | Dec 6, 2017 | A Bookish Blog, Articles
By Caryn Shaffer The holiday season is upon us, which marks a particularly special time for romance novel readers. Holiday romances are released en masse, starting at the end of October and continuing through November. If you need some gentle nudging to wrap those...
