A consideration of the stylistic orthodoxy that any distinct and salient use of adjectives and adverbs is ipso facto “gilding the lily” and therefore decadent, weak and to be avoided. I argue for a more...
Cameron McClure, an agent with the Donald Maass Agency, explains that before you can break them, you need to know what the rules are. She starts with Kurt Vonnegut's 8 rules, which are: 1. Use...
Authors Kate Perry (Chosen By Desire) and Wendy Tokunaga (Love in Translation) share how to write fun fiction. So laugh along with Kate and Wendy as they talk about their writing processes, their long road...
Mary Grey James, literary agent at East/West Literary and author/teacher Deborah Davis combine to teach about the young adult market they both love. Mary Grey was a bookseller before she became an agent while Deborah...
Robert Dugoni, New York Times bestselling author of a string of legal thrillers including Wrongful Death and Bodily Harm, and Penny Warner, Macavity winner and cozy mystery author of How to Host a Killer Party...