Book Reviews

Images courtesy of Brad Phillips. This morning, before breakfast, I played nineteen games of Scrabble on…

Photo by Alex Vámos on Unsplash Today’s post is by Angela Ackerman, co-author of the new…

“Pedro Lemebel, one of the most important queer writers of twentieth-century Latin America,” writes Gwendolyn Harper,…

Photo by Fallon Michael on Unsplash Today’s post is by author Gina DeMillo Wagner, author of…

“Un Joyeux Festin.” Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CCO 4.0. There was a time in…

Welcome back to our journey through the Enneagram types for writers. Last week, we talked about…

From An Encyclopedia of Gardening for Colored Children. Kara Walker. A is for ABC book. An Encyclopedia…

Parque Forestal. Photograph by Arturo Rinaldi Villegas, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC0 BY-SA 3.0 Deed….

Photograph by Isabel Dietz Hartmann. Heading to the dinner party, I wondered if people there would…

Today’s post is by children’s author and digital strategist Angie Isaacs. Show of hands, writers, how…

Adania Shibli. Photograph courtesy of Adania Shibli. Smoking might be banned at book fairs, while one…

Photo by Espen Bierud on Unsplash Today’s post is by author and book coach Susanne Dunlap. There…

Vincent Van Gogh, Oleanders, 1888. Public domain. I. Jill Price has remembered every day of her…

Photo by Oleksandr P Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Julie Artz (@julieartz). Download her…

The writer’s journey is a quest that transcends the mere act of stringing words together. It…

From Alice Notley’s zine Scarlet #1. Digitized by Nick Sturm as part of Alice Notley’s Magazines:…

Photo by Nate Neelson on Unsplash Today’s post is by book coach Ayesha Ali. Your protagonist…

From KMW: On the one hand, deciding how to build a character arc is pretty simple:…

Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Today’s post is by author, editor, and book coach Suzy…

Photo by Antoni Shkraba Today’s post is by author Caroline Leavitt (@carolineleavitt). I’m sitting at a…

Story settings serve as the backdrop, providing a tangible environment in which characters interact and events…

Photo by Erin Larson on Unsplash Today’s post is by writer Mirella Stoyanova (@mirellastoyanova). There are a select…

Photo by Eduardo Sánchez on Unsplash Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin (@FoxPrintEd). Join her for…

Welcome to this week’s post, which is a continuation of what we talked about in last…

One of the key pitfalls of backstory, especially early in a novel, is either confusing backstory…

Note From KMW: Earlier this year, I received an email from Bret Wieseler, requesting, “I would…

Podcast host, author, and actor David Temple discusses his shift from being in radio to writing…

Today’s post is by author Wendy Lyons Sunshine. Just as mountain climbers need a sturdy harness…

Beyond mere backdrop, story settings are what allow authors to orchestrate meaningful connections among characters. Settings…

Photo by Eepeng Cheong on Unsplash Today’s post is by editor Tiffany Yates Martin (@FoxPrintEd). Join her for…