Writing

What Can Puppies Teach Writers? Plenty

After my beloved dog Leo died, I entered a thick fog of grief. I felt his absence keenly because he was such an integral part of my life,

As necessary as libraries have always been to me for books and quiet spaces, until recently I never understood that libraries provide

I went on a writing retreat recently. Nothing fancy; this wasn't one of those places where you're in a cabin in the mountains and people

I sent the complete draft of my new novel to my agent in September. When I got her editorial notes some weeks later, there were more things

As a fiction writer, I'm normally reluctant to review other people's novels. I know how hard the whole process of getting published is, from

I am no fiction virgin. I have published six novels to date—one on my own, and five with Penguin Random House. Yet, until recently, I have never felt

I hated history class in high school. All of those boring dates and dead people, blah blah blah. I memorized what I needed to, then took the

If you're a writer, rejection is a way of life. Maybe your writing group doesn't like your current draft. You can't find an agent. Or,

So you finished your novel. Congratulations! Now what? If you're like me, the first thing you'll do is celebrate, maybe even all by