Putnam’s memoir is an extended account of her parents’ and uncle’s final years together after her father suffers a debilitating stroke.
Review: Full Moon at Noontide: A Daughter’s Last Goodbye by Ann Putnam
Category: Articles
Interview: A Conversation with Kathleen Frazier, author of Sleepwalker
…in “Sleepwalker,” Frazier rips the sad-clown’s mask off of the subject of sleepwalking … she shows us the trauma, which, for Frazier, has been intergenerational.
CRAFT: What Star Wars Can Teach Us About Storytelling by Tom Farr, Guest Columnist
… there’s good reason to fall in love with writing as an evolutionary process … No matter how skilled you are or how creative your imagination may be, your first draft should be your worst draft
The Writing Life: The Ghost Reader by Sharon Kurtzman, Guest Columnist
“They want writers to come,” said a friend about the ghosts that were rumored to haunt The Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities in Southern Pines.
Interview: Kate Walter, author of Looking for a Kiss
Inspiration, lifestyle, escape. Manhattan means all those things and more to author Kate Walter whose debut memoir, Looking for a Kiss, relays her journey about the breakup of her long-time relationship.
Review — Write Choices: Elements in Nonfiction Storytelling by Sue Hertz
Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling by Sue Hertz is, as the title suggests, focused on nonfiction storytelling and is perfect for writers who are new to the genre.
Review: Ladies of the Canyons by Lesley Poling-Kempes
Ladies of the Canyons follows the real lives of Victorian women who left the comfort of their homes and ventured into the American Southwest at a time when it was viewed as “exotic…
The Writing Life: Please Stop Writing by Jennifer Hill, Guest Columnist
I took a workshop once where the instructor said, “If you stop writing, if you never write another word, I’d still like you.”
CRAFT: 7 Things Every Aspiring Author Should Know About Publishing by Abby Norman
I thought perhaps I’d share what I’m learning as I’m learning it. Take you, the readers and the writers, on the journey with me from pitch to published book…
Review: Changing the Subject: Art and Attention in the Internet Age by Sven Birkerts
Even though I now have every book ever published at my fingertips, there’s something missing when I read on a screen.
