by Editor | Nov 17, 2018 | Articles, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
Let me start off by saying this is one of the most challenging pieces of writing I have ever attempted. That is for two reasons. The first is The City Book Review itself. City’s reputation in our industry is unsurpassed. The second is that it gave me pause to...
by Editor | Feb 26, 2018 | Articles, Guest Contributors, Research, Resources for Writers
By Nina Sadowsky The index cards start in a tidy pile on my desk. As a writing project progresses, the pile of old-school, variously colored cards grows, forming the arc of the story. I assign each chapter a card, using a color-coded system to differentiate character...
by Editor | Feb 15, 2017 | Articles, Resources for Writers, Writer to Writer
By Scott Stambach, author of The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko: A Novel In the midst of teaching geometry to a class of fifteen-year-olds, I received that dreamy call notifying me that my first novel was going to be published. At some point in my lecture, a New York...
