For Readers
The latest installment in the ongoing series of “don’t tick off writers” has arrived, in the form of a debate challenge. Crime novelist Don Winslow has thrown down the glove, metaphorically, in inviting Donald Trump to discuss the p...
Author Emily Walker’s bio declares her love for creating worlds and stumbling around in them. It’s fortunate that she can enter and exit them at will, however — while her real life includes a daughter, a dog, a significant other, an...
Every person, native or non-native, who has spoken or spelled in English has bemoaned what a strange language it is. We never grow tired of appreciating its oddities, so we’ll conclude our workday by sharing a video in which the narrator gradua...
Whether you were a Tomi Ungerer fan saddened by his death or an obituary reader intrigued by his story, you’re in luck. Four of his adult books will be re-released beginning this fall, the New York Times reports: The Underground Sketchbook...
For Authors
None of you authors have to be told “don’t plagiarize.” But what other lessons are there to be learned from the Cristiane Serruya debacle? Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers takeaways about contracts and ghostwriters, particularly for in...
When LS Hawker first realized she’d need to use beta readers to prepare two manuscripts in twelve months, she certainly wasn’t excited about it. If her normal critique group — which took twenty pages every two weeks — was like...
Very few of us are immune to the allure of a quick fix, while also understanding how rare a truly effective one is. So, hooray, we have a short and simple author-advice post to share today! Dave Chesson has a guest column on the do’s and d...
Maybe the winter weather has you feeling sluggish. Maybe you returned from a much-needed trip to the warmth, only to find piles of work waiting for you. Or maybe your good intentions for the new year have finally faded. Whatever the reason, you proba...
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