E. B. Moore’s Loose in the Bright Fantastic (available now) follows gray-haired Maggie as she escapes from the hospital, wearing only her johnny, an ancient mink, and her dead husband’s oversized wingtips. She’s on the loose in Boston’s Public Garden where…
Let’s start with the good news before we get to the complicated feelings: my debut novel Lightborne is coming out next year. And I am ecstatic! Lightborne is a historical novel about Christopher Marlowe, an Elizabethan playwright and contemporary of…
Thousands of writers participate annually in NaNoWriMo, a communal endeavor in which participants worldwide each strive to write a 50k word (or longer) novel within thirty days. It’s an exhilarating challenge and has produced such notable bestsellers as Erin…
Peter Orner is always on the go, and wherever he goes, he’s writing. Namibia, Mexico, and the Czech Republic are just some of the places he’s written—and collected material for more writing. His work, equally unbounded, includes novels, stories, essays,…
“I love these pages. This is exactly the type of novel I represent. Send it to me!” The agent was saying all the things you dream an agent will say when you sign up for a Manuscript Mart appointment at…
Author and writing instructor Matt Bell recently spoke at Porter Square Books at Grub Street’s beautiful, new narrative arts center in Boston—in person no less! In introducing his new craft book, Refuse to Be Done (Soho Press, 2022), Bell promised…