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A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring... →
All writers know how important a good title is. It's the first thing readers see, along with a knock-your-socks-off cover - a seductive 'come... →
I absolutely want and prize and love and revere every single media review I get, but if I got 50 reviews from major newspapers and one review from... →
I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about every writer in... →
I cried to my mother that I wanted to go to Hebrew school; I wanted Jewish friends. But when my mother took me, the kids there all knew each other... →
I tell myself that some names can be mistakes, like Mxyplyzyk, a store in New York that lost customers because few could spell its name to look up... →
I'm big on story structure. I studied with John Truby, who mapped out story by means of moral wants and needs, and that's what I do. Hey, so... →
Indie bookstores love writers as much as they love readers, and there is something about a community store, where you walk in, you feel known, and... →
Is there nothing the prodigiously talented Ann Patchett can't do? She's channeled the world of opera, Boston politics, magic, unwed... →
Literature can allow us to experience the best side of humankind, where instead of giving up, we struggle desperately in the ruins for love... →
My dirty little secret is I don't drive at all, though I have my license and I renew it every five years. I'm phobic. I keep worrying if I... →
When self-publishing started, it was mostly people who really couldn't write. And they just wanted to get their book out, and they couldn't... →
While some of the big publishers might give out 200,000 advances, if your book does not hit some of the lists in the second week, they stop paying... →