Book Reviews

[From KMW: I’m taking a quick sabbatical this week. I’ll be back next Monday with a…

William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Work Interrupted (1891). I’m fascinated by interruptions. Things are running along one way, one…

Flashes of light pulsing through the nebula surrounding the protostellar object LRLL 54361. Image from NASA‘s…

At about 1 A.M. local time in Riyadh, on a Saturday in late May, Tyson Fury…

Today’s post is by author Ginny Kubitz Moyer. Over the course of my life, I have chosen…

Licensed under CCO 4.0, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Last year, a formal tone that sounded nothing…

Today’s post is by regular contributor Susan DeFreitas (@manzanitafire), an award-winning author, editor, and book coach.  One newspaperman,…

The Nile River. Photograph by Vyacheslav Argenberg. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CCO 4.0. “Top…

Photo by Paolo Chiabrando on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach Robin Henry. In case you…

For all writers, there inevitably comes a time when we encounter aspects of the craft that,…

Walton Ford, Culpabilis, 2024. Courtesy of the artist and Kasmin, New York. Photograph by Charlie Rubin….

Hospital corridor. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, public domain. When I entered the emergency room at 3…

Photo by Google DeepMind Today’s post is by Maggie Langrick, publisher at Wonderwell Press. In my…

Hugh Thomson, engraving for chapter 23 of Persuasion, 1987: “He drew out a letter from under…

Photo by Laila Gebhard on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Jane K. Cleland. Join her…

All photographs by Tess Little. I am greeted by the same sight that greeted tens of…

Need a writing buddy? A critique partner? A beta reader? Here’s your stop! Writers need feedback….

Alice Munro. Photograph by Derek Shapton. I reread “Family Furnishings” this morning because it is one…

All images courtesy Alice Munro fonds, University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections” For her twenty-first…

Photo by Ray Harrington on Unsplash Today’s post is by retired doctor turned writer Sandra Eliason….

Photo by Kristina Flour on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer and editor Lisa Cooper Ellison. Join…

From Cletus Johnson’s Details from “Winter,” a portfolio published in issue no. 68 of The Paris…

Photo by Pixabay Today’s post is excerpted from Heart. Soul. Pen.: Find Your Voice on the…

Abstract 2 from Awash by Will Steacy, a portfolio that appeared in issue no. 177 of…

Photo by Randy Laybourne on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and book coach Deborah Ann…

Herbert von Karajan directing Verdi’s Messa da Requiem in Milan’s La Scala theater. Aired in West…

Hello, everyone, today we’re going to be talking about how to troubleshoot your story’s ending. Today’s…

Mural at the Amargosa Opera House. Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Gia wants…

Abandoned shack in rural North Carolina. Photograph by Carol M. Highsmith, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain….

Today’s post is by author Brenda E Smith. I realized a lifelong dream when I self-published…