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The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer: 'Show, Don't Tell'

The Three Words That Almost Ruined Me As a Writer: 'Show, Don't Tell'

Sonya Huber: "Tell. Tell me everything."

By Sonya Huber | September 27, 2019

Grown Ups Were Getting on Her Nerves, so Rivka Galchen Wrote a Kids' Book

Grown Ups Were Getting on Her Nerves, so Rivka Galchen Wrote a Kids' Book

When Writing for Adults Loses Its Joy

By Rivka Galchen | September 25, 2019

Writing As Therapy: My Year of Teaching in the Locked Ward

Writing As Therapy: My Year of Teaching in the Locked Ward

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen on Balancing Authorship and Psychotherapy

By Ayelet Gundar-Goshen | September 25, 2019

On the Famous Photograph of My Late Uncle That Inspired a Collection

On the Famous Photograph of My Late Uncle That Inspired a Collection

Jake Skeets Finds Inspiration in the Images of Avedon

By Jake Skeets | September 24, 2019

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Maybe the Secret to Writing is Not Writing?

Kate Angus on the Importance of Fallow Periods

By Kate Angus | September 24, 2019

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Jim Shepard on Why We Still Need Literary Journals

Thank God for the Small Magazines

By Jim Shepard | September 19, 2019

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Kevin Barry on the Need to Sustain Our Literature

By Literary Hub | September 17, 2019

The Inspired Vengeance of Mythic Icelandic Women

By Kassandra Montag | September 13, 2019

Emma Donoghue on Hamilton, Writer's Block, and Giving Up on War and Peace

By Literary Hub | September 11, 2019

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Lit Hub Asks: 5 Writers, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers

Jennifer Croft, Angie Cruz, Alan Lightman and More Take the
Lit Hub Questionnaire

By Teddy Wayne | September 10, 2019

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

Just Because Walt Whitman Self-Published, Doesn't Mean You Should, Too

On Self-Publishing, Vanity, and the Need of a Good Editor

By Nick Ripatrazone | September 9, 2019

What Not to Expect From a Grad School Workshop

What Not to Expect From a Grad School Workshop

Lynn Steger Stronger is Not Giving Out Business Advice

By Lynn Steger Strong | September 6, 2019

On Being Mistaken for the Other Elizabeth Ames

On Being Mistaken for the Other Elizabeth Ames

A Progressive Novelist or a Free Marketeer?

By Elizabeth Ames | September 5, 2019

Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book's Characters Really Are

Walter Mosley on Discovering Who Your Book's Characters Really Are

"The creation of a novel is akin to a mad scramble up a mountainside."

By Walter Mosley | September 5, 2019

Good Sentences Are Why <br>We Read

Good Sentences Are Why
We Read

Joe Moran (and Other Writers) on the Basic Building Blocks of Writing

By Joe Moran | August 30, 2019

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Designing Your Grandfather's Book (When He's James Thurber)

Sara T. Sauers on Honoring the Family Aesthetic

By Sara T. Sauers | August 30, 2019

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