Kimberly Elkins’s debut novel “What Is Visible” centers on the real-life story of Laura Bridgman, who spent most of her life in 19th Century Boston without the use of four out of five senses, and whose education at Perkins Institution…
“All great art has as its core a mystery. If the Mona Lisa didn’t have that mysterious smile, she’d just be another Italian broad.” — Tom Robbins On March 8, 2014, Malaysian airline flight 370 disappeared, and for weeks after I was…
There are writers out there who wax elegantly about the subject of rejection, such as my lovely Novel Incubator instructor, Lisa Borders, in her wonderful post. Elegance is not my forte. And positivity quotes are positively the least helpful thing in…
Shh. Please be quiet. I am killing someone right now and I need to concentrate. This is most definitely pre-meditated – I’ve been thinking about it for weeks. I love her, I really do, but I can’t be around her…
By Jennie Wood In this monthly series for Dead Darlings, I’m documenting the step-by-step process of publishing A Boy Like Me. For part two, Sarah Pruski and I discuss how she created the book’s cover. Sarah created multiple versions of…
Go Figure: Musings from the Mind of Rob Wilstein “When I finished one book, I wouldn’t write for a while. Then I had to learn how to do it all over again. The arm goes cold; there’s a learning process…