The Self-Made Writer

First thoughts aren’t always best thoughts. When I taught collage comp, I repeated this mantra again and again. Creative writers w...

Many years ago, my first novel came out from Lodestar, an imprint of Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin. Even then, before it merged with...

Shortly before Christmas, I found an email in my inbox from a reporter for the Globe and Mail, the largest newspaper in Canada. He wante...

I have no crystal ball. I’m not clairvoyant. And I live in Alaska, pretty much as far as a writer can get from the Right Coast publish...

Reflection time. As year-in-review lists come flying at us, I hope you’re doing your own, aimed specifically at your journey as a...

In the mad rush of the holidays, it’s easy for writers to forget all they’ve been given. Imagination. The versatility of language. A w...

Last week, I gave some pointers on ethics and etiquette for book reviews. Some great discussion followed, especially on the point of whe...