Best line of the morning. Spoken during a panel on the Nitty Gritty of Publishing. One of the panelists was talking about how many writers think that their audience is just other writers. To paraphrase: “Don’t think that. All the writers in the country are in this building. I hope   Read More ...

..can keep us from AWP. One look out the window and it’s difficult to imagine spring will ever arrive, despite what the Groundhog predicts. I am in upstate New York and will leave soon with a fellow writer to drive south to DC. The weather here isn’t nearly as bad   Read More ...

I’m about to turn 41 and being any kind of “virgin” doesn’t happen much anymore. But yes, I am an AWP virgin. As of right now, 6,605 people have pre-registered for the conference. That makes me a bit nervous as I don’t like crowds. So besides scanning the bookfair layout   Read More ...

I promised to preview this panel from two perspectives, here is Sherrie Flick’s voice on the same questions. Sherrie, BTW has an excellent novel out, and will be doing signings as noted below. I think our readers might not be familiar with flash fiction. I’m defining it as works under   Read More ...

F138. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, & Writers in the Field. (Abby Beckel, Randall Brown, Kim Chinquee, Sherrie Flick, Robert Shapard, Lex Williford) Join five of the twenty-five contributors to this ground-breaking anthology for a roundtable discussion on the history, cross-cultural influences,   Read More ...