writing a novel

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,

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

A confession: I stopped writing fiction for two months recently--the first time I have ever stumbled to a complete halt. Why? The usual reasons: 1.

I came downstairs just as my husband returned from our local liquor store, where he'd gone to buy wine for dinner. He brandished a bottle of rum at

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

One of the worst mistakes I ever made as a green novelist was to ignore the advice of editors and friends who told me certain manuscripts

Even the doctor was shocked when she saw me last week. “You poor thing!” she said, shaking her head. That's not what you want

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 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