No Cred
Here’s my book jacket bio: Susan Donovan Bernhard does not have an MFA. In the 1900s, she had two articles in Southern Bride—one on picking jewelry to match a white dress and another on theme weddings. She has had two…
Live Links: Chuck Sambuchino’s Guide to Literary Agents
Writing under the Writers’ Digest banner, Chuck Sambuchino, offers almost daily (and sometimes more often) entries about literary agents and agencies, the craft of writing (both in general and in different genres), the submission process, publishing and marketing, and more…
To Be in the Sixties or Not To Be in the Sixties
Don Draper did so many despicable things during the past season of Mad Men, that not even all the glimpses of his troubled childhood could get me to sympathize. But while watching the last scene of the season finale, in…
Douglas Trevor Speaks With Dead Darlings About His Debut Novel Girls I Know
Set in Boston and Cambridge during the winter of 2001, Douglas Trevor’s debut novel Girls I Know introduces the reader to a cast of sharply-drawn characters from divergent backgrounds, and treats the build-up and aftermath of a restaurant shooting with…
Six Reasons Why Novelists Should Read A Lot
It’s a commonplace that novelists—especially aspiring novelists—should read a lot, and, more specifically, read lots of novels. It goes hand-in-glove, right? A certain number of people who love reading stories will eventually decide, wisely or not, to try their hand…
Confessions of a Wikipedia Addict
Go Figure: Musings from the Mind of Rob Wilstein. Tough as it is to admit, I may be the laziest researcher in the novel writing community, though I’ve done no research into my competition. Research has never been a strong…