By Kym O’Connell-Todd and Mark Todd For us, successful collaborative writing is like good sex. First comes foreplay: we begin to brainstorm, teasing out seductive story lines to see if there’s something that we both want to spend time developing. And we’ve been doing this long enough that we already have a pretty good idea…
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Mario Acevedo Shares Some of His Favorite Authors
By Mario Acevedo A recent questionnaire on Facebook asked to list fifteen authors that influenced you personally. I jotted down some names, then as I thought about it, kept revising the list. After I had posted the list I realized I had overlooked one of the authors. So I’ll start this edited list with him….
Those Little Bells
By Mark Stevens (This blog is a note to self. Thanks for letting me share.) I recently read a New Yorker profile of the writer Lydia Davis and I felt as if I’d entered a very calm, clear space. It’s a long piece, by Dana Goodyear, but it’s behind a paywall at the New Yorker…
Find Your Weirdness
By Julie Luek I’m almost fifty. There it is in black and white, a milestone in my life. My kids, 23 and 18, are flying the coop this year, out into the world to pursue their passions. My daughter, bless her heart, has inherited my creative passions and will pursue her love of music. She’s…
Have You Ever Considered Writing Nonfiction?
By Liesa Malik Gasp! As storytellers and novelists, the word “nonfiction” can sound very constraining. It conjures up all sorts of nasty images, like: Deadlines Pressure Talking to, or interviewing total strangers Taking notes when people talk too fast Maybe even boring topics to write about. But after over twenty years in marketing, and with…