Camp Tin House
I never went to summer camp. I always wondered what it was like, that thing that other kids in other places got to do. My mom couldn’t afford it. Instead, my brother and I spent our summers trying to stay…
Tag: Alexander Chee
Friday Feast: A Guide to Writing Fat Characters, Book Prices & Writing Value, Writers of Color Roundtable, an Anti-HB2 Book Tour of North Carolina, and Judy Blume on Independent Bookstores
Like a lot of high school graduates, Judy Blume had planned to take a gap year — after writing her last novel. But the opportunity to open a book shop, Books & Books in Key West, was too tempting to resist….
YA Wednesday: How to Up Your Word Count, Things I Wish I Knew Before Becoming a YA Author, Stay True to Yourself, Slaying Dragons, and Game of Thrones
As a writer, I sometimes worry so much about pleasing the marketplace that I become afraid to try new things and lose faith in that little voice that is my muse. This past weekend at Grub Street’s Muse and the…
An Interview with Alexander Chee, Author of The Queen of the Night
Alexander Chee’s second novel, The Queen of the Night, has topped nearly every “2016 must-read” list that flooded the Internet in January, and the response to each was ecstatic. Chee is not only a writer’s writer, but a great friend…
Friday Feast: Inspiration, Page One, Unlikable Female Protagonists, Straight Pins, and Falling in Love with a Reader
Happy first full week of January 2016! How are y’all feeling about your writing resolutions? My only resolution this year is to commit to promoting the books that I read and love, especially those books that don’t get as much exposure for whatever…
Friday Feast: Overlooked Books, Sexist Male Writers, Why Fiction Matters, Editor Apologies, and Love Letter to a Sloppy First Draft
Happy first Friday of December. All those tasks put off last week have to be dealt with this week. On top of workload grumpiness, I suspect everyone is super cranky this week because they’re off their normal feeding schedules, like…