Category: Writing

December 31, 2022

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Writing Goals

At the end of the year, I like to look back to see how much progress I made toward my writing goals and then…
January 1, 2022

Writing Goals for 2022

Happy New Year! I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions, although I have some that I mostly keep to myself (lose weight,…
February 14, 2012

>Guest Blogger: Is Your Writing More Important Than Your Tennis Game? by Tom Lombardo

> Is Your Writing More Important Than Your Tennis Game? by Tom Lombardo I’m not one of those writers who sits down and writes…
March 7, 2011

>Why Do Writers Abandon Novels? – NYTimes.com

> Why Do Writers Abandon Novels? – NYTimes.com On my Facebook page we’re having a discussion about this topic, and for most of us…
September 4, 2010

>Andre Dubus on writing a novel

> Andre Dubus on writing a novel: If there’s anything I have to say to anyone who’s starting a novel, it’s this: Finish it….
February 24, 2010

>A Reader’s Advice to Writers

>I recently wrote about the Ten Rules for Fiction Writers from The Guardian that writers are still chatting about online. Now comes, in Salon,…
February 21, 2010

>Ten Rules for Writing Fiction

>Writer friends are passing around an amusing link that’s actually two links. First we’ve got Elmore Leonard’s Ten Rules for Writing Fiction. With the…
February 13, 2010

>Press53 Cruise from New York

>Press53 Cruise from New York is a unique opportunity–take a beautiful, scenic cruise while exploring the world of writing with Press 53 and several…
December 30, 2009

>The Art of Subtext by Charles Baxter

>The Art of Subtext: Beyond PlotCharles BaxterGraywolf, 2007 If you’re a writer, you’ll find this book useful. Even if you’ve read other essays by…
December 24, 2008

>On Process

>Writer Gay Degani has some helpful observations on the process of writing: Process and Malcolm and Outliers.