The Times They Are a-Changin’

The Times They Are a-Changin’. I see it again and again. I’m no longer worried so much as bemused (or amused) at the wriggling that the entire book industry is doing right now, trying to find a comfortable fit in so many new and unfamiliar positions. I am wriggling, too, growing The Writers Circle even [...]

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Guest Blogger Lena Roy: We are writers, hear us roar!

The web of support that frames my life as a writer was first anchored in a writing workshop taught by Madeleine L’Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time. Sitting at the feet of the author of one of the most influential books of my childhood, I gained not only a richer understanding of literary craft, [...]

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Digital Treasures for Pay or Free

It’s amazing, but also scary, what you can find on the web. With a little skillful searching, you can turn up treasures – whole digital libraries you can read online, video interviews and audio clips of some of the greatest thinkers and writers of our time. Just this past week, I discovered two fantastic offerings: [...]

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The Last Leaf Isn’t Old News

(OK… I know that was a corny title!) But Stuart Lutz’s book, The Last Leaf, just got some fantastic coverage. Check out Ends of Eras, a full three web-page “Author Speaks” interview about Stuart and his book in the AARP Bulletin. Congratulations, Stuart. That’s how it’s done!

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Shouting in a Crowd

Written in support of Stuart Lutz, The Last Leaf: Voices of History’s Last-Known Survivors, Stephanie Cowell, Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet, and all my other friends who have, will, or long to be published. What’s it like to be an author today? To be sure, the days of rarified literary isolation are over. [...]

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