How lucky I am that I came across Little, by Edward Carey, while digging around on the internet for book recommendations. My Google search phrases must have included the words “brilliant”, “absurd”, and “hilarious”, because this book is all these things. Little is the dark and dazzling story of the young orphan girl who becomes…
There’s no shortage of writing productivity advice out there, and this post is mostly a roundup of ideas so that you don’t have to go looking. How you’re going to go about getting your writing done is a process you’re going to have to customize for yourself. You’ll get better at putting systems in place…
From guest contributor Diane Lockward Diane Lockward is the author of four full-length collections of poetry and four poetry craft books. She’s also the editor and publisher of Terrapin Books. Reprinted with permission from Diane Lockward’s Poetry Newsletter.
(Link to last year’s list) Best iced tea Brew La La blueberry green tea I’m sure you could drink it hot. But iced is always best. Best date night idea Online class We took a fun “How to Write a Christmas Movie” class, but next time I think we’ll try cooking. Best candle Bath and…
The ad for Story Summit’s “How to Write a Christmas Movie” class came through my Facebook feed and right away I knew I had to suggest this as a date night with my husband. He’s not a writer, but he likes date nights, so we gathered our supplies—my notebook, red wine, hard Christmas candy (shrug)—and…