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Recent Columns
How to Format a Picture Book Manuscript (With Examples)
Unsure how to format the manuscript for your children's book? Don't worry — we've got you covered with this step-by-s...
Nick Bailey
How to Outline a Novel in 7 Steps - With Jena Brown
The first step to writing a novel is outlining it — which is exactly what Jena Brown will help you do today. Here's h...
Jena Brown
Traditional vs. Self-Publishing: Which Path is Right for You?
Consider these 5 key factors before choosing whether to self-publish your book or seek to land a deal with a publishe...
Dario Villirilli
Recent Interviews
Rural Poetry, Conflicting Selves, and the Nature of Loneliness: An Interview With Erin Block
Stephanie Bonjack sits down with Colorado poet Erin Block to discuss mountain living, writing on the edge of modernit...
Stephanie Bonjack
More Than Sheep: An Account of Kiwi Horror with Lee Murray
Lee Murray is arguably Aotearoa’s most successful contemporary horror writer.
Lindy Ryan
Caleb Caudell: The Illusion of Connection
Indiana author Caleb Caudell's new short story collection, Novelty (Bonfire Books), is so masterfully constructe...
Gabriel Hart
Recent Essays
One Word Leads To The Next: Unconventional Conjunctive Devices
The other day a friend was doing a crossword puzzle and asked me, “What song begins ‘It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday…...
Chuck Palahniuk
The Haunting: How To Conquer The Shame Of Being A Writer
The question is where to begin. One option is last autumn, when I was walking the dog past a construction site where ...
Chuck Palahniuk
Consider This: Undecidability
Whether you’re making music or films or painting pictures… play to the strengths of your medium. One of the asp...
Chuck Palahniuk
Recent Reviews
“Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology” edited by Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.
There’s a belief across numerous cultures that whistling at nighttime can attract evil spirits and misfortune. Hence ...
Christopher Shultz
How a Resurrection Really Feels: "The Gospel of The Hold Steady"
It seems that to be a fan of The Hold Steady, or at least a guest writer in the quite culty and obsessively—both tr...
Ben Tanzer
"Bridge" by Lauren Beukes
Bridget Kittinger has spent her life trying to reconcile the memories of her childhood with the reality of the wor...
Jena Brown
