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Summary: So it has come to this. I have to write a monthly column about the writing life. This is the ultimate deal with the devil, the final insult. Alas and woe is me. Read more.
Summary: If you have decided to pursue writing as a career instead of as a longing or a dream, you might find yourself falling into a pattern of focusing on the goal instead of on the process. Read more.
Summary: Let's start with a definition: The plot is the overt reason for telling the story. (As opposed to theme, which is the covert reason.) Read more.
Summary: Among speakers were David H. Smith of Dallas-based DHS Literary Agency; Kimberly Waltemeyrer, associate editor of Berkley Publishing Group, ... Read more.
Summary: Women Writing The West, a three-year-old organization that believes the image of the western writer needs to be enlarged to include women Read more.
Summary: Speakers included Lester Goran, novelist, translator, and creative writing Professor at the University of Miami, whose newest short story collection, Tales from the Irish Read more.
Summary: "Story and plot are not the same. Plot is only the aramature on which your story hangs." Patricia Anthony Writing instructor, Southern Methodist University Read more.
Summary: Conference chair Judith Klerman Smith and her committee assembled an impressive array of talent, featuring Robert Crais as keynote speaker, Steve Allen as luncheon speaker, FBI and Los Angeles County forensic experts as well as popular mystery writers age Read more.
