How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill,” edited by Jericho Brown “How We Do It: Black Writers on Craft, Practice, and Skill,” edited by Jericho Brown, is a book that deserves a place on the shelf of any […]
I love rainy days… but it can be tough to be productive, when you’d rather be curled up with a book and a cup of tea. On a recent a rainy day, I felt sleepy and unmotivated. I was already drinking coffee […]
Less by Andrew Sean Greer Arthur Less is an interesting character, so accustomed to being a young man that he’s not sure quite what to make of turning 50. There are worse ways to avoid an awkward situation than taking a world […]
This is a picture of a fraction of my books on writing, but it really does represent a good cross-section of my collection. I think they’re a little something for everyone here. Some of them are older, but I linked them to […]
The Five Second Rule by Mel Robbins I expected this book to be gimmicky or like a blog post that had gone on far too long. I was pleasantly surprised. I picked 5 Second Rule after seeing Amy Landino interview Mel Robbins. […]
Lenova Yoga. Small, light, holds a charge forever. Can be used as a tablet too. Easily goes from the patio to the coffee shop and even to bed, when I just have to finish one more scene before closing up shop. Blue […]
What would be your ideal place to write? I think about this a lot. It frequently involves me living in the 1920s, maybe in Paris as Hemingway and Fitzgerald did. I’d roll out of the rumpled bed in my flat, and head […]
Here is a great article from Publishing Talk regarding NaNoWriMo and similar writing challenges. My favorite part of the article is what the author, Sarah Salway says about an excerpt from Art and Fear: It reminds me of a famous experiment […]
Are you prepared? Tips and schedule of AMAs (Ask Me Anything) from Reddit. Free content from Writer’s Digest. National Novel Writing Month Official Site
NaNoWriMo begins tomorrow, November 1. The goal of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is to power your way through to completing a 50,000 word Novel. That’s about 1500 to 2000 words per day, which is a lot, but the idea is to […]