Goodnight World-Building
There’s no plot to Goodnight Moon, no characterization, no conflict. Every word written by Margaret Wise Brown and every detail illustrated by Clement Hurd is designed...
How to Write a Book Proposal: A 19-Step Guide for Nonfiction Writers
As a literary agent at Trident Media Group, a plethora of nonfiction book ideas come across my desk. So many people think they have a book...
Indiana’s Opioid Crisis Seen Through the Eyes of a Teenager
Brian Allen Carr is a writer known for his highly surrealistic fiction. His debut novel, Sip, was an allegory about addiction. The majority of his earlier...
A Love Letter to the Girls Who Die First in Horror Films
In middle and high school, my best friend Heather and I would stay up until sunrise watching every slasher flick we could carry home from Blockbuster....
We Are Writing Against Our Own Erasure
On September 12, the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards celebrated its 25th anniversary. The program was created by novelist Rona Jaffe to identify and support women writers...
How a Polish Punk Cartoonist Became a Union Organizer in Sweden
Wage Slaves is part call to arms and part migrant memoir. The comic, by Daria Bogdanksa, recounts her move to Malmö, Sweden after bopping around several...
5 Fantastic Speculative Fiction Titles for Fall
Rumors of leaves already changing colors on the way up north may be unwelcome, but autumn’s coming, whether you like it or not. If saccharine coffee...
13 Books About Social Media Influencers That Reflect the Changing Landscape
The internet has changed the world in meaningful ways. It stands to reason that the internet would change our books too. And I don’t just mean...
Literature-Inspired Ideas for Outside-the-Box Author Events
Author events are tough. First-time authors are enthusiastic about them; bookstores want to host them, in theory; literature lovers want to attend them, in more abstract...
Dear Gillian Flynn: I Will Beta Read the Sh*t Out of Your New Book for You
Gillian: Your books frighten me. No, wait: that’s the outward posture, not the truth. Your books wake me up. Your characters stir something in me that...
