on Writing – Page 2 – Book Club Babble

There’s a lot of advice out there for writers. I spend a considerable amount of time during my workweek reading articles and blog posts on everything from marketing strategies to writing craft. Much of it is he... Read More...

Sifting Through Words

Amy M. Hawes

on Writing

I’m always thinking. And, always is not an arbitrary adverb. If you’ve read some of my other blogs, you’re aware I love practicing yoga because it creates a shimmering island of calm in a sea of unbridled thoug... Read More...

Is There Gender Bias in Publishing? A Female Writer’s Pseudonym Experiment

Kelly Sarabyn

on Books, on Writing

Catherine Nichols wrote an interesting article about querying her novel first under her own name, and then under a man’s name, as a kind of scientific experiment. The results were depressing: the "male" writer ... Read More...

Write a Book Already!

Tabitha Lord

on Writing

I wanted to be a writer when I was a little girl – also an astronaut, an archeologist, and a doctor. I almost got there with the doctor thing, but medical school with small children was, for me, an impossible b... Read More...

Beta Readers Mull It Over

Amy M. Hawes

on Writing

Beta readers are a blessing to all writers. My beta readers helped me see things I never would have from my myopic standpoint. How many times can I reread my work before it transforms into a continuous blur of ... Read More...

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

The Shaman of Turtle Valley: An Interview with Clifford Garstang

An Interview with Tucker Lieberman about his latest book, Bad Fire: A Memoir of Disruption

Carol Goodman Thrills with THE NIGHT VISITORS

Fiction and History Conspire to Inspire!

Unearthing The Lion Trees' Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

An Interview with Tucker Lieberman about his latest book, Bad Fire: A Memoir of Disruption

Review of Listen to the Wind by Susanne Dunlap

E A Aymar’s latest thriller probes the depths of the human psyche

An Interview with Kim Hooper, Author of Cherry Blossoms

An Interview with the author Sarahlyn Bruck

Book-to-Film: Room

Up for a Russia Spy Thriller Not on the Nightly News? Try Red Sparrow

Does the movie version of The Glass Castle hold up?

Is Everything, Everything Worth Watching?

Looking for an Adult Adventure Movie? Try The Lost City of Z

Lauren Oliver’s YA hit, Before I Fall, Hits the Silver Screen. Is it Worth Watching?

Fences: From Playwright to Screenplay

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

When the Person is the Message by Tucker Lieberman

Ebook-only Publishing Platform for Short Books: An Interview with Industry Game-Changer Brooke Warner

Books We Love: Our 2018 Gift Guide

10 Things I’ve Learned Along the Way

Sifting Through Words

Is There Gender Bias in Publishing? A Female Writer’s Pseudonym Experiment

Write a Book Already!

Beta Readers Mull It Over

A Mother’s Day Chat with Janet Benton, Author of Lilli de Jong

When the Person is the Message by Tucker Lieberman

How One Mother Defeated the Odds and Built a Baby Blanket Empire

The Shaman of Turtle Valley: An Interview with Clifford Garstang

Looking At What is to be Seen: A Review of Dana Spiotta’s Innocents and Others

Two Families, One Secret: An Interview With Lynda Cohen Loigman

Unearthing The Lion Trees’ Roots, an interview with Owen Thomas

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord