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Sadeqa Johnson on Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About

Sadeqa Johnson on Writing Characters Your Readers Will Care About

From the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | February 3, 2025

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on the Wonders of Life

Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer on the Wonders of Life

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | February 3, 2025

Susan Barker on Terror and the Power of Ambiguity

Susan Barker on Terror and the Power of Ambiguity

“Ambiguous signs in horror are so unnerving because it’s the stuff we encounter in our everyday lives.”

By Susan Barker | January 31, 2025

The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

The Annotated Nightstand: What Pádraig Ó Tuama is Reading Now, and Next

Featuring Margaret Atwood, Feargal Ó Béarra, Vona Groarke, and Others

By Diana Arterian | January 30, 2025

What If Instead of Making Paperclips We Asked an AI Super-Intelligence to Make Us All Happy?

What If Instead of Making Paperclips We Asked an AI Super-Intelligence to Make Us All Happy?

Deni Ellis Béchard Considers the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Worlds Fictional and Real

By Deni Ellis Béchard | January 29, 2025

André Alexis on Martha Baillie's <em>There Is No Blue</em>

André Alexis on Martha Baillie's There Is No Blue

In Conversation with Michael Kelleher for the Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast

By Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast | January 29, 2025

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Jack Torrance and Me: On Writing and Self-Loathing in The Shining

By Maggie Su | January 27, 2025

Alan Shapiro on Inspiration

Alan Shapiro on Inspiration

In Conversation with Mitzi Rapkin on the First Draft Podcast

By First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing | January 27, 2025

Connie Hale and Ellen Sussman on Writing Retreats

Connie Hale and Ellen Sussman on Writing Retreats

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By Memoir Nation | January 27, 2025

Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

Gemma Tizzard on Researching for Historical Fiction

“It’s not a job for the faint of heart, or the impatient. But for those of us with brains that crave this kind of work, it is bliss.”

By Gemma Tizzard | January 24, 2025

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Ugh, I’m in My Friend’s Autofiction and I Hate It: Am I the Literary Asshole?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | January 23, 2025

The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

The Shape of a Story: On Losing (and Finding) the Plot of Your Novel

Emma Knight: “As the character in this story, I’ve evolved at least to this extent: it’s no longer plot I’m afraid of.”

By Emma Knight | January 23, 2025

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

Betty Shamieh on the Next Generation of Palestinian Fiction

The Author of “Too Soon” Considers Her Novel in Relation to Etaf Rum, Hala Alyan, and the Politics of Influence

By Betty Samieh | January 22, 2025

“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“When I Quit Drinking I Quit Writing.” Matthew Nienow on Stumbling Back Into Poetic Vulnerability

“I wrote into that darkness because that kind of honesty was the only thing that felt right.”

By Matthew Nienow | January 22, 2025

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