I first learned about one of Alfred Hitchcock’s maxims for suspense in a GrubStreet class. Say five people are sitting around a table talking about baseball or playing poker – suddenly, a bomb goes off. It’s shocking, but the minutes…
I’m writing this post about revision from inside a lion, because that’s what revision feels like–being eaten by a lion–and it’s rather dark in here. Hear me out: for months my 6-year-old has refused any and all bedtime reading that…
At some point in the past few weeks I started hearing the word “revision” in my head to the tune of “Tradition!” – the song that opens “Fiddler on the Roof.” “Revisiiiooooon! REVISION!” (Sorry.) Honestly it had more to do…
You may have heard about the supply chain challenges facing the book publishing industry, particularly as indie bookstores implore you to order early (and order often!) to secure any titles on your holiday wish list. I did this today (shout…
In On Location, a rom-com by Sarah Echavarre Smith, Alia Dunn finally has the green light as showrunner on her own travel series: showcasing the national parks of Utah. It’s a professional dream come true and a personal tribute to…
Sometimes writing is a way of laying claim on the chaotic, of imposing a kind of fitful understanding onto something that defies order or remedy. Eleanor Henderson is the author of two acclaimed novels, Ten Thousand Saints and The Twelve-Mile Straight,…