Posts

Laughing at Fear (of Success)

Can This Story Be Saved? Perspective 101

Reflections on a firestorm (3 Questions for Sherry Jones, author of "The Sword of Medina")

Making Friends with the Revision Process

Scott Jeffrey's "5 Powerful Decisions to Transform Your Business" (tweaked for the writing life)

Sunday Groove (Remember that thing called a "weekEND"?

Back to the Basics

Sweet Deal (It's not always about the money)

Increasing Your Productivity

BtO Contest: Win Linda Cowgill's The Art of Plotting

Palindrome for the soul ("Lost Generation" by Jonathan Reed)

Yo, Ho, Ho and a Bottle of Rum: Thoughts on Life as a Galley Slave

Jane Campion's brilliant "Bright Star"

Sunday Quote: Radcliffe on This Weak Hand

Saturday Morning Cartoon (kind of): a moment of music meets magical realism

Won't you be my neighbor? (A few simple rules from Mrs. Rodgers)

Asking for Help

2009 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

Shouts & Murmurs: Subject: Our Marketing Plan: newyorker.com

Finding story in the shadows

The Joy of Picking Brains

Three Questions for Marilyn Brant (and whispers from the ghost of Jane Austen)

Writing the Selling Romance Synopsis

Fantastic trailer for Kevin Michael Connolly's "Double Take" (Prepare to tweet with superlatives)

Making a Case for Knowing Your Place

Consider yourself duly cautioned as to our lack of objectivity

Sending Up a Test Balloon

Jonathan Livingston Seagull (Sunday morning meditation and publishing spark plug all in one!)

Setting as Tightrope

Memoir Maverickiness (Letterman shares Sarah Palin's Top 10 tips for writing a book)

Not Okay 101 (Being a brilliant artist is no excuse for being a lousy human.)