The Self-Made Writer

Sherman Alexie In a letter signed "Sherman Alexie, An Absolutely True Part-Time Indie," one of America's best-known autho...

In Whitehorse: That's me with Michael Gates, one of my favorite writer/historians Recently I returned from ten days of travelin...

Hang around with a bunch of writers, and sooner or later the talk will turn to literary agents: who has one, who’s looking for one,...

Having published a dozen books, I’ll let you in on a little secret: I don’t love them all equally. Don’t get me wrong. I worked...

Forget those back-to-school sales. Summer’s not over yet. In Alaska, the silvers are running, and so is the Ode to a Dead Salmon ...

When I write about independent publishing and hybrid authors (those who publish both traditionally and independently), I’m routi...

It's books for Max, not TV I spent the weekend with a brilliant and beautiful baby. His parents (once brilliant and beautiful...