Until 3/25/11, receive a gift with purchase (see below). Once in a while a writing book comes along that is so good it has to be on your...

If you’ve been wondering where I am–not that it’s always about me–I’ve been hunkered down with a big novel. But I’m surprised to note...

Is writing an art or a business? Maybe you have an immediate reaction to this question. If forced to choose . . . oh, but we’re not,...

I’m tilting at windmills here. I’m against chapters. I know you love ’em. Thus the tilting. Eventually we’ve got to make up tidy little...

I read the other day that comic books may someday outsell traditional stories. I got worried. Man, I can’t draw! (Comic books are no...

Think of your favorite characters from recent books and film. Were they self-effacing and dependable? Did they wear beige and hate to...