Fiction Writing

The 6 Biggest Surprises of a Writer’s Life

When a friend asked recently what I was working on, I was excited to share my publishing news: I had just delivered my new novel to my

Recently, I appeared on a radio show to promote a literary event. We were talking about my latest novel, but inevitably the

I often wake up in the middle of the night. Our children are scattered around the world now, so my typical insomnia starts when I wake and

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of seven novels for adults. She is also an award-winning children’s book author with 26 children’s books to her

Recently, I was skimming the front pages of the New York Times book review when I caught this item: Jonathan Safran Foer's new novel,

I've been writing fiction for many years now. Each book poses new stumbling blocks. Inevitably, though, the question that always plagues me

I write emotional family mysteries, the sort of fiction where the characters suffer through freakin' horrible crises:

This past week, I launched my fifth novel, Chance Harbor, provoking a friend to exclaim, “Wow, you're popping out books like Tic Tacs,

Like many writers, I was first introduced to Amy Sue Nathan through her wonderful site, Women's Fiction Writers, which has become one of those