Every story has already been written. If you have formal education in reading or writing you’ve probably heard this before. So, if every plot has already been written, why do we still write? We write to tell our version [...]
Currently, there are many conversations going on about representation in popular media for marginalized and underrepresented folks. Reading these conversations, I’m reminded of a conversation on ABC’s Scandal, when Olivia Pope’s father is speaking about his belief that his [...]
In case it’s not apparent from my writing, I’m obsessed with food. And why not? Food is the one thing in life that every single person on the planet needs to survive. The biological need for food knows no race, [...]
In part two of our series on e-mail management, our senior editor, Sandra Gerth, talked about how to set up your e-mail account more effectively. But now that you live in the e-mail castle of your dreams, how can [...]
Our senior editor, Sandra Gerth, gives advice on how to set up your e-mail castle and manage your e-mail account in ways that are guaranteed to save you a lot of time. In part one, we established when and [...]
Today our senior editor Sandra Gerth talks about how she learned to be more productive, a topic that is not only of interest for authors. Most writers I know get a lot of e-mail—messages from beta readers, editors, publishers, [...]
Whenever I talk to people about writing, I tend to stress the fact that it’s “just a job.” I mean, there’s a story to tell, there are words to find, and then there’s the matter of putting them in [...]
I find it interesting how much emphasis is put on coming out the first time, because really, as members of the LGBTQ community, we spend our entire lives coming out. We do it over and over again to each [...]
No such thing, they have to suffer—pages fluttering in the balmy Aegean breeze, sand up their French grooves (please Google), covers covered in sweaty palm prints. And all because you dragged them down to the beach when you should [...]