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.
Let’s kick off the weekend by reading a little bit about the sting of writerly rejection. Then, we’ll slide into how your shitty day job is at least making you a better writer (yay). We’ll get anxious with another writer and…
This week, we learn why creatives who say no are the most productive. (So hard to do in reality.) We also dig in to the representations of poverty in literature, the writing lessons of Hamilton, and one author’s perspective on…
It’s time for the Friday Feast! This week, we have an assorted menu of literary links, from publicity and Twitter advice, to publishing news and an interview with an author whose young Nigerian protagonist awakes the morning before a job…
I’ve taken to watching disaster movies on Saturday nights because there’s something satisfying about watching Mother Nature wipe out humanity when we’ve been so bad. This is a result of watching too many political debates and town halls and being…
This week, I’m knee deep in PowerPoint, project plans, and Jira tickets, which leaves me little time for writing, revision, or reading the two tomes that sit neglected on my bedside table. Ah, day jobs! But the weekly Friday Feast…
I’ve long dreamed of embarking on a small group adventure with friends to a far-flung destination. Now that I’ve learned about The Wonderland House from Book Riot, my destination plans have changed. “This huge, themed, Regency house by the seafront is spread over…