• Craft and Advice

    Op-Ed

    Ron Rash on Writing to Bring Out the Dead

    By Ron Rash  September 12, 2016
    Op-Ed

    How Being a Bookseller Made Me a Better Writer

    By Kea Wilson  September 8, 2016
    Conversations

    Interview With a Gatekeeper: Nan Talese

    By Kerri Arsenault  September 7, 2016
    Criticism

    Hitler’s Dog, and Other Problems of Historical Fiction

    By Peter Ho Davies  September 7, 2016
    Essay

    On Writing, Parenthood and Trying to Stay a Little Wild

    By Laura Cronk  September 2, 2016
    The Art of Editing

    The Editor Inside My Head is a Cruel and Demanding S.O.B.

    By Michael Koryta  September 2, 2016
    Archives

    Lucia Berlin: Writing Advice and More in This Never-Before Published Interview

    By Literary Hub  September 1, 2016
    Advice

    How to Reject a Writer, and Other Advice For Editors

    By Terry McDonell  September 1, 2016
    Essay

    Who Gets to Decide What Counts as “English”?

    By Gabrielle Bellot  August 31, 2016
    Essay

    Becoming a Writer Means Becoming a Cliché

    By Odie Lindsey  August 31, 2016
    Talking shop

    Spread the Word: On Small Presses and the Fight for Publicity

    By Ilana Masad  August 30, 2016
    Criticism

    I Love Soap Operas (And They Made Me a Better Writer)

    By Deborah Shapiro  August 29, 2016
    Deep Dive

    How to Write Coincidence the Right Way

    By Alice Mattison  August 26, 2016
    Essay

    How a Self-Published Writer of Gay Erotica Beat Sci-Fi’s Sad Puppies at their Own Game

    By M. Sophia Newman  August 26, 2016
    Essay

    Why Can’t Irish Writers Escape the Sea?

    By Brendan Mac Evilly  August 26, 2016
    Essay

    Who Am I: Writer or Bookseller?

    By Benjamin Rybeck  August 25, 2016
    Essay

    There is No Secret to Writing About People Who Do Not Look Like You

    By Brandon Taylor  August 25, 2016
    Advice

    Five Reasons Why Writers Should Move to Columbus

    By Annie McGreevy  August 25, 2016
    Essay

    How to Write While Traveling

    By Andrés Neuman  August 24, 2016
    What to Read

    The Grumpy Librarian: Books with Allegorical Animals and A Lot of Sex

    By Caitlin Goodman  August 24, 2016
    How to...

    The Dos and Don’ts of Writing About the Disabled

    By Nicola Griffith  August 23, 2016
    Essay

    The Dangerous Myth of Authenticity

    By C. B. George  August 18, 2016
    Essay

    Why Do Writers Love Birding So Much?

    By Katherine Towler  August 18, 2016
    What to Read

    The Pros and Cons of Getting Inside a Villain’s Mind

    By Alex Lake  August 12, 2016
    Essay

    To All the Characters I’ve Killed Off, Who Haunt Me Still

    By Stuart Nadler  August 10, 2016
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