Month: September 2024

The first expensive book I can remember owning was a collection of world mythology. The pages were glossy, weighty, and

Despite rumors to the contrary, detective fiction is alive and well. In a world that often seems out of control,

In this week’s round up brought to us by Script magazine, learn about the new horizon of Protopian storytelling and

Stacy Sivinski was raised in the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia and now is a writing and literature professor in the

I think I learned to love the library for two reasons: My mama loved to read. And we didn’t have

While seated in a church recreation room in Southern California after a memorial for one of my mother’s many brothers,

There are only a few weeks left to register for this year’s annual conference! Writer’s Digest Annual Conference offers everything

Putting characters in mortal danger can be a great way to increase the tension of a story (not to mention

At first I didn’t recognize the gift. A kid in my fifth-grade class was looking through The Guinness Book of

I write fiction but read much nonfiction, sometimes for research but primarily for pleasure. I nearly fell from my reading