About Kelly J. Ford
Kelly J. Ford is the Anthony-nominated author of Real Bad Things; Cottonmouths, a Los Angeles Review Best Book of 2017; and The Hunt. Kelly writes crime fiction set in the Ozarks and Arkansas River Valley. Find out more at kellyjford.com, on Twitter, and on Instagram.
My primary association with Friday the 13th — as is the case for many of us, I suspect — is Jason Voorhees. But there are also those who are superstitious about making travel plans on this unluckiest of Fridays. Many…
Last week, I implored everyone to get busy. Personally, I screwed the pooch on just about every writing goal. Rather than force it, I took a break to catch up on great books. Restorative and instructive! Plus, it motivates me to get…
We’re coming ’round the snow mountain and the February of Doom. I love March and its hope for renewal and warmth. Some of my favorite people on the planet were born in March. It’s the only month that works as…
We Bostonians are known for our strong feelings. After last week’s snowmageddon grump fest, it is now time to hunker down and focus. This week, we bring you links focused on writing and revision.
There’s not a lot of advice I can give to other writers about how to be successful. The problem is that there are too many individual interpretations of “success.” To me, success looks like this: I can pay my electric…
Y’all know we’re in Boston, right? As my fellow site editor, Emily Ross, said: SNOWMYGOD. Apologies, almost every single link this @#$^& week is going to include some cussing and grumbling and is NSFW. We gotta get it out of…