Yesterday, I found a quote via Tayari Jones with her Logical Links blog post.
“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
It’s a quote only a novelist would love. From Cormac McCarthy, author of the dystopian novel, The Road.
The quote [...]

I remember when Push by Sapphire was published. It was the late 90’s and I heard how riveting the book was. I tried to read this book, but I couldn’t. It was just too “raw.” Too much. I put it down and didn’t pick it up again.
So, here it is. Ten years later and I [...]

I’ve still been following the Simon & Schuster’s Blogfest 2009, and today’s question is “Have You Ever Just Wanted to Give Up?”
Love the answers. Here’s a few the resonated with me:
“I think the difference between being a writer and not being a writer isn’t whether or not you get paid, it is not giving up.” [...]

Thanks to Neesha Meminger who gave the heads on up on the Simon & Schuster’s 2009 Blogfest.
“Blogfest is a two-week event where 40 of Simon & Schuster’s top teen authors and their fan bases come together to share ideas on one single blog.

Each day of blogfest (9/21 through 10/4) will be devoted to one question [...]

Color Online is sponsoring this edition of CORA Diversity Roll Call.
I have to admit, I’m a novel chick and I didn’t read a lot of short stories. That changed somewhat when I was in the graduate writing program at Kennesaw State University. I had an intense love affair with the short story and even [...]