Hooked On “Hooked”

I love to read. I always have, from the time I was a young girl. These days, however, the amount of time I have to read is much less, and therefore more precious. I see lots of stories that might be good or even great— if I could manage to get through them. How the [...]

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A Free, Easy to Access Resource For Writers and Readers

A couple of year’s ago, I took a fiction writing class taught by Thomas B. Sawyer. He recommended that anyone who wanted to improve their writing, regardless of what they were writing, should spend a few minutes each day reading the New York Times. (No, he doesn’t work there, and he lives in California). He [...]

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Comics for Writers

courtesy of Debbie Ridpath Ohi at www.inkygirl.com

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Book Towers As An Art Form

I came upon this web site accidentally, but the photos of these artistically created book towers are worth a look: http://www.tombendtsen.com/Arguments

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“The Lost Saranac Interviews” by Joe David Bellamy & Connie Bellamy (Writer’s Digest Books/ Oct.2007)

From 1976-1980, the Saranac Writers Conference was held at Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks, hosted by Fiction International and St. Lawrence University. A number of major writers were among the participants at the Saranac Writers Conference, including Margaret Atwood, Joyce Carol Oates, Gail Godwin, Anne Beattie, Jayne Anne Phillips, Annie Dillard, E.L. Doctorow, and Carolyn [...]

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Interview with Aaron Paul Lazar, author of “Tremolo”

This is one of the last stops on the Tremolo virtual book tour, and I am pleased to have had the opportunity to interview a wonderful author, Aaron Paul Lazar. Tremolo, set in the summer of 1964, is the prequel to Lazar’s Double Forte’ from the LeGarde mystery series. Eleven-year-old Gus LeGarde, the protagonist in [...]

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