These are the people.
You often hear from people who write that writing is an isolated (isolating, even) experience, and this is probably true. But the writing is the only part that is. The rest, the part that involves getting people to read whatever it is you wrote, is a group effort. These are the people involved: The first … Read more
Moving on.
I’m very excited to announce that a small publisher (with great distribution) will be publishing How to (Not) Have Children and Homefront. (Yay!) The details are still out, but when they’re available, I’ll share them. I’ve removed Homefront from print distribution, so whatever copies are currently at Amazon or other online stores are the only … Read more
Interview with Murray Dunlap
The worst two things that can happen to a writer are losing the hands and losing the mind. Just a little over two years ago, on 6.7.08, a man who wasn’t watching the signals breezed through a red light and slammed into Murray Dunlap’s blue Volkswagen Jetta. After a three-month coma, Murray woke up to … Read more
Thanks, Caroline!
About two weeks ago, Caroline Leavitt (whose new novel Pictures of You will release this November) – a huge fan of the Inside the Writers Studio videos – allowed RJ Keller and me some space on her blog to answer questions about our writing. Thank you, Caroline! Keller and I discuss NyQuil, literary drinking games, … Read more
Writing, time management, and you.
A recently uncovered informational video – that may or may not be from the 1950′s – explores how writers balance their writing lives with their everyday lives. Or not.
IWS Bloopers
(IWS stands for “Inside the Writers’ Studio”…I’m hoping it’ll catch on, because it takes a lot less time to type.) While Episode III gets wrapped up, we thought we’d release a little blooper compilation. Enjoy!
Lost and found.
According to Microsoft Word, I wrote this in 2004 and titled it “True Intimacy.” Can I ask you a question, he says, and I tell him he can as long as it isn’t personal, and as long as it doesn’t require more than a one-word answer. He’s asked me enough and I’ve told him enough, … Read more
“Inside the Writers’ Studio” the post of the week at Red Room
The Red Room is I guess what you’d call — wait a minute. I’ll just let it describe what it is (“If it ain’t broke…”): Red Room (redroom.com) is the online home of many of the world’s greatest writers (some of whom haven’t even been discovered yet). We provide our members and authors with elegant, … Read more
“Finished” is a beautiful word.
Having finished first revisions of The Year of Dan Palace yesterday – retitled Someday April (which refers to Dan Palace’s fantasy of a future relationship with his ex, April) – I am free. FREE! Until Monday, that is, when job-hunting pressure begins, but the future doesn’t exist, so there’s no point in thinking about that … Read more
Raving Reviews – Inside the Writers Studio
“Raving Reviews” Fellow Backword Books author RJ Keller and I are both working on writing projects. It seems this is what we do when we’re “writing.”
