Getting Off the Couch and Embracing Doubt by Lucian Childs
In my last blogpost, I touched on the inevitability of doubt in the creative process. It’s such an important issue, I thought I’d speak about …
Suspense, Regardless of Genre: Tips for Reading and Writing by Andromeda Romano-Lax
“On the path ahead, stepping out from behind a boulder, a man appears.” So begins Maggie O’Farrell’s I Am, I Am, I Am. In the …
The Writer’s Healthy Delusions by Andromeda Romano-Lax
For years I kept a handful of John Steinbeck quotes on my office wall, among them: “The writer must believe that what he is doing …
It Takes a Family to Write a Novel by Lucian Childs
This June something extraordinary happened. I published my debut novel, Dreaming Home. It has already gotten positive notice, including—unbelievably to me—a favorable review in The …
Why Flash? by Rich Chiappone
So, yesterday I was writing this sentence, and the fancy grammar-check tool in my laptop caught me failing to practice what we preach in “flash” …
Stacking Isn’t Juggling: Advice on How and When to Stack Your Writing Projects by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Sometimes we just need the right word or phrase in order to bring a problem and its solution into focus. For me last month, that …
AVP 23: Annie Bartholomew, Writer-Musician, Sisters of White Chapel”
EPISODE SUMMARY In her debut album, Sisters of White Chapel, Alaskan writer and musician Annie Bartholomew brings a fresh approach to traditional folk music, channeling …
Name Your Baby by Andromeda Romano-Lax
Photo caption: The face of a man who can’t come up with a good novel title. Have you ever heard about those parents who don’t …
It’s a Marathon: Crossing the Publication Finish Line by Beth Mathews
“You know, you could write a book,” our overnight guest said as I poured coffee into his mug. It was a bright, summer morning in …