Truing the Narrative: Revising for Symmetry to Make Your Manuscript Sing
I taught a seven-week course on revision in a church basement. I had about a half dozen students, all of whom brought either a chapter from a longer work-in-progress, a…
Q: Can an author make a living from royalties?
The general population is slowly getting the message that things are really hard for traditionally published authors right now, in ways it was not hard twenty or even five years…
Jem Calder | Notes on Craft
I hated my job, and the longer I remained at that workplace, the more I could feel my identity becoming warped by it; the edges of my personality being steadily…
Why All Writers Should Play Dungeons & Dragons
Roleplaying games, once considered nerdy, are getting popular—and for writers, readers, and storytellers, they’re full of potential. {read}