There is No Bottom, There is Only The Abyss: A Hubert Selby Jr. Primer
Column by Keith Rawson
The granddaddy of transgressive fiction and American literature's patron saint of the streets, Hubert Selby Jr. is front and center for the latest LitReactor primer.
Storyville: Ten Ways to Avoid Cliches and Stereotypes
Column by Richard Thomas
Ten tips to avoid clichés and stereotypes in your fiction.
Talk It Out: How To Punctuate Dialogue In Your Prose
Column by Taylor Houston
Quotations marks, italics, em dashes, or none of the above: these are a few different ways to punctuate dialogue in your prose.
Workshop Tips For Mobile Users: How To Critique on Tablets and Smartphones
Column by Christopher Shultz
How to take our Writer's Workshop with you, wherever you go. Reviews don't have to be tied to the home anymore.
You Are What You Read: The Nutritionist's Guide to Readers
Column by Cath Murphy
We have lots of words to describe the way people eat food, but not for how they consume books. What if we were to apply dietary descriptors to reading?
Book vs. Film vs. Audience: The Shining and Room 237
Column by Karina Wilson
Documentary Room 237 explores some of the convoluted theories behind the meaning of "The Shining," wrenching it further away than ever from Stephen King's original authorship. What gives?
Recap: Game of Thrones 3.02 - Dark Wings, Dark Words
Column by Rob Hart
Last week was all about reminding us about the show and getting the pieces into place. This week is a little bit like that too, though it does feel like there's finally some momentum.
Top 10 Storytelling Cliches Writers Need To Stop Using
Column by Rob Hart
There are certain storytelling clichés writers go back to again and again. And they shouldn't. Because they are terrible, and they need to be destroyed.
Roger Ebert Dies at 70
Column by Ed Sikov
An appreciation of the most famous film critic in the world.
10 Big-Time Literary Druggies
Column by Ed Sikov
An acid trip down memory lane: writers who achieved fame and fortune as (mostly) unrepentant drug users.
