The Self-Made Writer

Just in time for All Hallows Eve, a big full moon rose over the mountains last night, a reminder that there’s no better time to ta...

With the words you’re reading here, the 49 Writers blog has featured a whopping 1281 posts. Figure an average of 600 words per post, and th...

I used to secretly cringe whenever I heard the commandment of Henry James , that as a writer I must be “one upon whom nothing is lost."...

In shifting from work on a novel (almost done!) to a nonfiction project (researched and three chapters in), I’ve been thinking a lot about h...

It started with pumpkins. Jack o’lanterns, to be specific. My son and his then-girlfriend (now wife) are alumni of rival universities, s...

I first thought of business creep as the dance of an author between creative work and the business side of writing, especially promotion and...

Writers walk a fine line between humility and confidence. We’re fundamentally insecure creatures, not so much because we write, but because ...