Articles

Groups

Discussion topics

  • Well, I get to officially be "off submission" now since the young adult novel I had out just sold. (YAY!) Since this is a manuscript with a long and twisting history,...
  • I want to write an article about the consequences of so many people retiring in the next 10 years (40% of the population by 2020). How will this affect women, especial...
  • For me, it's similar. I don't set a word count goal, but I do have a start time and a cut-off time. I've also learned to accept and let myself off the hook for the day...

Updates

  • Donna Bryson posted a status
    In her Pioneer Girl, novelist Bich Minh Nguyen offers us Lee, a protagonist who is both a thief and a literary sleuth. The morally complex detectives of the best myste...
  • Catherine Marshall-Smith posted a status
    Why I Write For me being a writer is organic and not a choice. The need to tell stories was in place long before I became aware of it and started writing. Before I wr...
  • Victoria Chames posted a status
    To Tell The Truth essay for MAT @ 9/22/20 +PROMO files In a few days I’ll send out the email book-launch announcement about my book, Victory Is My Name, a Me...

Comments

  • Jessica, I love the phrase "cavern of faces". I enjoyed how you start us off inside your experience, from the floor looking out. I wouldn't mind being there with you...
  • I like your post about love. The Corinthians verse is the one you hear a lot at weddings. We all need to hear it from time to time to remind us what love really is. I am grateful everyday that someone loves me like that and I try my best to do the same!
  • Fiona, I hear ya!   My experience is similar.  Thanks!  Rather than spending any more energy on my slight disappointment in the sales of my first book, (I have yet to...