How To Compost Artistic Envy Into Inspiration
I am feeling feelings about Kristen Arnett's book, Mostly Dead Things, an absolutely fabulous and hilarious novel set in Florida. Psst: This site uses affiliate links. Hey Paulette, weren't you…
My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Michelle Obama
Is there anyone classier, smarter, and more of a person I might be tempted to put a photo of on my mantel than Michelle Obama? She's brilliant in her own…
My Favorite Writers’ Favorite Books: Anthony Bourdain
Before my trip to South America, I looked for places he’d been. I had 24 hours in Cali in Colombia, and he’d gone there, had dinner with some local musicians.…
10 Beach Reads
"In my mind, a beach read is something that’s “unputdownable,” whatever that means to you," says Susan Kehoe, managing partner of Browseabout Books. When the New York Times asked booksellers…
Read This to Learn That: Free Indirect Discourse in “A Changed Man”
There's a style of third-person in fiction that frees up your narrator to let the characters indirectly share their thoughts, without all the clunkiness of “she thought” or “he imagined.”…