Literary Locations in New York City
For writers and bookworms—New York City is quite possibly the best place in the world to read and write and pay homage to great literary minds. From bookstores to writer-friendly […]
For writers and bookworms—New York City is quite possibly the best place in the world to read and write and pay homage to great literary minds. From bookstores to writer-friendly […]
As a writer of emotional, character-based stories, there are few topics I find more rich and complex than addiction. There’s so much potential for both tragedy and redemption, and people […]
Can’t live with them, can’t live without them…but in my experience, it’s mostly can’t live without them. I have one little sister, and we’re incredibly different. Our relationship has always […]
I absolutely love writing kids in fiction. I’ve always preferred kids to adults in real life, and after spending more than eight years nannying and majoring in Developmental Psychology at […]
Whether you‘re writing a hard-hitting literary novel or a fluffy summer romance, getting the dynamic between a couple right is both difficult and important to writing a compelling story, and […]
*This is the second of five posts in collaboration with The Ice Colony on the elements of storytelling. Last month we tackled character development. Now we’re onto plot. Plotting a […]
*This post is part of a collaboration with The Ice Colony, and the first in a monthly series on the craft of writing. In my experience, good characters are the […]
Oh, God. I hate editing. I love writing. And unfortunately, if you want to be a halfway decent writer, you need to do a lot of editing. Over and over […]
Over the past several months, I’ve found myself aching to write about writing. Other than New York, my family and friends, and my various vices, writing is the only thing […]