How to Survive the 21st Century

I'm teaching a class. It is Pass / Fail with rolling admissions. There will be no Final Exam. (Maybe a pop quiz or two.) Join me.

Portrait of a Woman’s Success

Open Mic Writing Questions

Recently I received some great questions from readers about everything from motherhood to editing to inspiration. I answer them here.

Fiction Writing Boot Camp, Part 2

Your writing process will be individual to you - so these are suggestions, not rules. The key to it all is repetition.

Fiction Writing Boot Camp, Part 1

Your relationship with writing will be a lifelong bond that must survive tedium, joy, misunderstanding, delusion, self-doubt, and despair.

An Interview with Marisha Pessl & Carey Mulligan

"We need to start prioritizing children whose lives have been torn apart by war."