Ten years ago today, on the 40th anniversary of Sandra Day O'Connor taking her seat as the 1st female Justice of the Supreme Court, I published my first opinion …
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On Agent Queries
Finding a good literary agent - which is generally the first step to getting published with a traditional publisher - can be like finding any good relationship: …
Tips for Writers
Writers Links The Single Best Piece of Advice I've Gotten as a Writer Great Sources for Writers: Poets & Writers Magazine The Nebraska Center for …
Paddling your Bathtub into London: How Great Stories End
I am working through plotting issues myself and returned to these notes from a master class I taught on narrative endings a couple years ago. They are just my …
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No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends
No Social Distancing Required for Fictional Friends Like many now, I'm social distancing. The good news for me is that a writer in these circumstances can …
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A new book by Madeleine l’Engle: Stories found in her “Tower”
The two books that made me dream of becoming a writer were Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. So the news I read this …
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Writing in Paris!
I'm in Paris, working on a new novel, and just for fun I thought I'd share what writing in Paris looks like. So enter my apartment here, and stay for the view …
On the 75th Anniversary of D-Day
It’s a rainy evening in Paris, just minutes before the hour, 75 years ago, that D-Day began. At midnight, RAF aircraft dropped hundreds of dummy paratroopers …
Karen Joy Fowler: First Words
In celebration of Nanowrimo, I'm rerunning some of my favorite guest author posts (and trying to tidy them in the process). This one was written by Booker …
Julia Glass: The Not Quite Yes
For NanoWriMo month, I'm going to repost some of my favorite guest author posts, which I'm rereading to inspire myself! This one -- by one of my fave authors, …
