Fiction Writing

Celebrating a 20th Wedding Anniversary and a New Book: What Marriage Has Taught Me about Creativity

This week is a big one for me. I'm celebrating both the launch of Chance Harbor, my fourth novel with Penguin Random House, and my twentieth wedding

For many writers, word count is everything. Me, not so much. At the start of every manuscript, I might write 2,000 words one day, only to decide that

After making my first foray to Prince Edward Island with my friend Emily and our four children over twenty years ago, I returned to

As I raced through the grocery store last Saturday, I ran into another writer, someone I've seen at occasional parties. “Wow,” she said. “I see you

I'm not sure there's enough wine in the world to launch a new novel without the jitters. Luckily, writers have lots of people cheering us on. I'm not

I was walking with my kids on the beach when my father-in-law leaned over the balcony to shout, “Your agent's on the phone! He has a book

I didn't always love sheep. When I was growing up, my mother kept a small flock in a field next to our house, and our sheep did not exactly

Whenever I speak to aspiring writers at libraries or bookstores, I inevitably hear stories like these from women: “I used to write, but

In his iconic memoir on writing, Stephen King says, “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's