On writing, living and loving

I emailed an author a while back for information about her experiences with a publisher who was interested in one of my novels. She insisted...

When we first moved to rural Pennsylvania three years ago, a few well-meaning folks suggested I join a book club to get to know like-minded ...

November 1 marks the beginning of NaNoWriMo, an acronym for National Novel Writing Month . The idea is simple: start with a blank screen or ...

I am in a reading slump. And it's disappointing. Until recently, I'd always had two or three books going at once. I kept one on my n...

Hey you! Amazon! Kindle makers! Over here! Look at me! Okay, so I'm not a business traveler looking for a good airplane read; I'm no...

Originally posted Feb. 5, 2009 I have learned a great deal from the folks on the forums of Absolutewrite.com, but a recent thread bothered m...