For Readers
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...
Today brings us one step closer to learning who will win a Nebula Award and the Aspen Words Literary Prize. Finalists for the Aspen Words Literary Prize, which honors “fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the tra...
Now this is news you’ll like to hear even more than we like sharing it: The secret to success, for the people behind author May McGoldrick, is ice cream. (We’ll pause for a moment so you can shriek in excitement.) And now to explain and m...
For Authors
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...
On Monday night, a sharp-eyed fan sent romance author Courtney Milan an email that no writer wants to receive: someone had plagiarized her novel The Duchess War. Milan has several examples posted on her blog and is also, as she predicted, discovering...
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