Are you a novelist, a short story writer, or both? I’m currently reading Ann Patchett’s essay collection, This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage, which chronicles Patchett’s journey to becoming a writer. There are plenty of quotable passages in the book, but one of my favorite has to do with the short story form: Love…Continue reading A Handful of Glorious Pages
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Where to Find Pre-designed Ebook Covers
These sites offer quality pre-designed ebook covers: Literra Designs: covers starting at just $35. Literra keeps costs low by using free stock images. You can customize the cover text for free. Back-of-the book and spine designs cost extra. Beetiful.com is much pricier, at $165 per cover, but the covers tend to look a bit more…Continue reading Where to Find Pre-designed Ebook Covers
3 Myths That Are Killing Literary Culture
1. Writers just want to be read. I recently heard a young woman at a party say that writers don’t mind when their books are downloaded for free on the internet, because “writers just want to be read.” As a working writer who pays my mortgage and buys groceries and sends my kid to summer…Continue reading 3 Myths That Are Killing Literary Culture
Book Writing – Should You Outline Your Novel?
People are always asking me if I outline my novels before I begin. Never. I work associatively and thematically. For example, The Year of Fog is a novel about a missing child. But to say it’s a novel about a missing child is somewhat misleading. The major plot line of the novel is the search…Continue reading Book Writing – Should You Outline Your Novel?
Book Two of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard (A Man in Love)
Book Two of Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgaard’s six-volume memoir, My Struggle, recently published by Archipilego Books in Brooklyn–is a bit of a puzzle. First, there is the controversy of the title. Publishers around the world have tried to find clever ways to deal with the negative associations with Mein Kampf. Then, there is the question…Continue reading Book Two of My Struggle by Karl Ove Knausgaard (A Man in Love)