Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols
Our wide-ranging discussion of identity, colonialism, and literary ancestors took us into the inner landscape of a transformative novel.
About Fiction
Author Talk: David Santos Donaldson
May 16, 2023
Author Talk: Richard Zimler
Mar 22, 2023
Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols
Our conversation, like this novel about family relationships and survival across the generations, traveled many threads, both spiritual and artistic.
On Writing Another Novel
Nov 14, 2022
Essay by Rebecca Steinitz
It’s particularly hard when it takes so long to arrive back where you started: as a writer who has never published a novel.
Ready or Not
Oct 04, 2021
Essay by Joan Frank
After a stunned period, I resumed querying agents. What else was there to do?
When the Pieces Don’t Seem to Fit
Sep 25, 2017
Essay by JoeAnn Hart
I stared at the puzzle pieces, which, like my notes on the play, seemed to have nothing to do with one another.
Katie Cortese on Writing
Mar 11, 2015
Interview by Kelcey Parker
Not everyone will care if you persist, so it’s up to you to provide the momentum.
The Craft of Flash Novella Writing
Feb 23, 2015
Essay by Meg Pokrass
The novella-in-flash, divided into tiny bits of action, mirrors life this way.
No Matter What It Takes
Nov 05, 2014
Essay by Terry Persun
These days, I let characters show up on their own, talk for a while, then leave.
The Novel as Family Therapy
May 19, 2014
Theme Essay by Wendy Glaas
Compared to these families, maybe my own isn’t so badly off, after all.
Wish I Could Quit You
Jan 08, 2014
Essay by Steve Adams
For days, weeks, even months, you slog onward as if hacking through switchgrass with a machete.
