Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus I was excited to read this after all the hype. It is a funny…
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If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery
If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery This book's power is made even more sharp by its economy, it's exactitude.…
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez
Crying in the Bathroom by Erika L. Sánchez This is a memoir of inter-connected, more or less chronological essays that…
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang A highly entertaining read, especially for an author with interactions in the publishing industry! A scathing…
Beyond Admissions: The Campus Novel
This article was originally published on Medium.com. Disclosure: This page may contain affiliate links, meaning if you decide to make…
Five Publishing Tips from a Sophomore Novelist
This post was originally published on diymfa.com as a part of the #5onFri series. As I home in on the…
How the Japanese Tea Ceremony Mirrors the Author/Reader Relationship
On our recent trip to Asia I barely scratched the surface of omotenashi, the Japanese spirit of hospitality, but I…
Women Writers over a Certain Age
The following article was originally published on BooksByWomen.org. A friend suggested recently I write an essay about how one went about…
Book Club: It’s Okay if You Don’t Discuss the Book
The following article was originally published on NovelNetwork.com. I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the disparaging…
How Instagram Helps My Writing
I took a “Writing from Personal Experience” class in Cambridge taught by Mopsy Strange Kennedy. An exercise she often assigned…