Surrounded by Books; Not "Decluttering" Literature
Quite often, people considering the eventuality or imminence of their deaths begin ridding themselves of possessions. They shed their...
A Writer's Secret to Success
Almost every writer starts out thinking that publishing her (his) book will define a successful career arc. Envy of published writers...
The Bad Review and What to Do
Your book or books are up online. Good for you. People are actually reading your work, and you get some lovely reviews. It is heady stuff...
Animating Your Work as You Go: Revising by Rereading and Rewriting
Want a living, breathing work of fiction? Writing is a recursive process. Two steps forward and one step back. Sometimes, it becomes one...
Your New Book is Released! Now What?
You've been waiting for this day. Anxious, excited, curious, even a little intimidated. The release of your new novel by the publisher...
Braving the Landscape
Even when snow is “falling faintly…faintly falling,” prospects for publishing literary work are appallingly dismal. How did your story...
"She came in through the bathroom window" and the "long and winding road" throug
On the way home from teaching a prose poetry class on a Tuesday night, I happened to listen to an early version of Paul McCartney’s song...