Dead Darlings contributor Jennie Wood has given us an insider’s view on the process of publishing her debut novel, A Boy Like Me. Jennie will celebrate the launch of A Boy Like Me at Machine in Boston on September 4, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. Recently, she…
In one of my (as yet unpublished) novels, two best friends in their middle years set out to write their own novel to solve their respective problems. Aside from a general agreement that the end product will be a work…
Friend of Dead Darlings, Crystal King, taught us all about Feedly. Now we have a ton of articles in our feeds and feel compelled to share them in bite-sized links of writing goodness. Grab some coffee, a yogurt, a Go-Gurt…
If you keep chickens and a novelist about the homestead then you know how similar egg laying is to novel writing. In a chicken an egg is formed over a 25-hour period. The yolk is released from the hen’s ovary,…
Fans of Young Adult fiction will be pleased to hear that Diana Renn has released a new novel, Latitude Zero, which sends Boston-based protagonist Tessa to Ecuador to investigate a mysterious death. Diana took time out from her launch to…
Author Marie-Helene Bertino grew up in Philadelphia and lives in Brooklyn, where she earned an MFA from Brooklyn College. Her honors include a Pushcart Prize, residencies at The MacDowell Colony and Hedgebrook, and an Emerging Writer Fellowship at NYC’s Center…