The World's Worst Advice for Writing Fiction
Let’s be honest: I am not a trained writer. I don’t have an MFA or a background in journalism or even an English major. So it might amaze...
Interview with Meg Wolitzer, Author of The Female Persuasion
I met Meg Wolitzer in Iceland. (How great is an opener is that sentence? I could hardly have invented better words to pass myself off as...
Interview With Catherine McKenzie, Author of The Good Liar
I am having all kinds of success with my author interviews lately. This week is another biggie: Catherine McKenzie, who I met at the...
An interview with Chris Bohjalian, author of The Guest Room
I’ve been a fan of Chris Bohjalian for years, so having the opportunity to ask him questions was the literary equivalent of my...
Interview With Jessica Strawser, Author of Not That I Could Tell
I am all kinds of delighted to be able to interview one of my writer heroines this week. Jessica’s Strawser’s debut novel, Almost Missed...
Interview with Anna Quinn, author of The Night Child
I met Anna Quinn through a Facebook group for debut authors and was immediately intrigued both by her background and her book. Anna, a...
Hot Books of Summer/Fall 2017, Part I
I'm back! Summer always unglues me, what with the heat and all the travel and the thousands of children running around and the alcohol....
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by Chris Cleave
The problem with reviewing a large amount of books is it's possible to use up all the superlatives, particularly if you are excitable by...
Interview with K.V. Scruggs, Author of What They Don't Know
Today, I'm speaking with the author of a great new medical thriller, my physician friend K.V. Scruggs. See below for a description of her...
An Interview with Jessica Strawser, author of Almost Missed You
Almost Missed You begins with an event so startling there is no possible chance you’ll put the book down. A woman named Violet is...