May/June 2014 Issue
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Meet the Press
When you’re trying to scare up publicity for your book, the media wants to know just one thing: Is it newsworthy? Of course it is—you just have to know how to sell it. Read more
3 Tips for Writing Successful Flashbacks
Most writers try to avoid flashbacks, but if you just can’t resist sending your readers back in time, fiction columnist Nancy Kress has some advice. Kress explains what makes a flashback work, and how to perfect your own time traveling techniques. Read more
Advice From First Novelists on Getting Published
What’s one of the best ways to get published? Read more
Your Opening Quest
Hook readers from the start with an intriguing question. Read more
Intensive Research Is Important for Children”s Nonfiction
Author Robie Harris” books It”s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health and It”s So Amazing!: A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families focus on sexual health for kids. Here, Harris talks about the process of doing extensive research as she prepared her manuscripts. Read more
Tips to Help You Publish Your Personal Essays
In her book Writing Personal Essays, author Sheila Bender gives these tips for those writers interested in publishing their personal essays. Read more
Create a Journaling Space
Carve out a time and place for writing amid the rush of life. Learn to honor soul time. Read more
Tips for Journalists About Publicists
When you are researching a featured article for a magazine or newspaper, more often than not you will have a run-in with a publicist. Journalist and freelancer Geoff Williams shares his advice on about making the first move. Read more
Three Questions Readers Ask of Manuscripts
Award-winning author Orson Scott Card explains in depth the techniques of inventing, developing, and presenting characters and of handling viewpoint in novels and short stories. Here are some general thoughts all writers can benefit from. Read more
Literary Alchemy: Turning your prose into poetry
Understanding poetic techniques can strengthen your articles and stories. Read more
Dave Eggers Helps Sudanese Village With Novel
Telling the tale of a Sudanese refugee’s life in novel form gave literary darling Dave Eggers the challenge of a lifetime. Read more
7 Tips for Telling Your Life Story
Telling your life story is big business these days. Edrienne L. Kittredge shares seven tips for deciding whether the skeleton in your closet needs to be shared with the world. Read more
How to Write How-to
Step 1: Read this article. Step 2: Write effective stories that will teach anyone how to do anything. Read more
Prose Primer
The building blocks of effective prose are simpler than you think. Read more
What is a Blog?
Q: While I’ve read several sites referred to as “blogs,” I’m not really sure what a blog is. What is a blog? —Christopher B. A: From writers at award-winning newspapers, to magazine … Read more
What Christine Byl can’t not do
Is writing something you can’t NOT do? If so, you’re on the right track, as the case of writer Christine Byl Read more
