authors on writing

Writing About Place: The Power of Setting in Stories

Early in the morning, in a high school classroom, it’s hard to engage a group of teenagers in creative writing. Yet, this public high school in Massachusetts had written and used a grant to hire me as their fall semester writer in residence. So here I was, once per week,…

Áine GreaneyMay 29, 2025

Miscellany

Debut Author Talks About Publishing, Mythology and Monstrous Women

Emily Yu-Xuan Qin’s debut release, Aunt Tigress, is a snarky urban fantasy perfect for fans of Seanan McGuire, Ilona Andrews and Ben Aaronovitch. Inspired by Chinese and First Nation mythology and bursting with wit, compelling characters and LGBTQIA+ representation, readers will eat up this gory story — and the sweet-as-Canadian-maple-syrup…

BookTribMarch 18, 2025

Guest Article- The Last Man in Paradise Syed Massood

Fiction Miscellany

How One Author’s Character Came to Life and Challenged His Worldview

Azaan, the protagonist of The Last Man in Paradise, surprised me. I suppose that sounds a bit bizarre coming from an author — after all, I created Azaan and I wrote out everything that happened to him. I ought to have had full control over him and, therefore, he should’ve…

Syed M. MasoodMarch 18, 2025

Fiction Miscellany

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans Tackle Writing as a Team Sport

Humans have engaged in sport since the beginning of our time. Around the world people compete in camel racing and hot chili eating, ping-pong and cheese rolling, yo-yoing, bullfighting, war games and team sports of all kinds. Reasons for participation include practicing discipline, seeking challenge, a quest for perfection, notoriety,…

Alli Frank and Asha YoumansJuly 8, 2024

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Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

For almost four decades, award-winning fiction author, essayist and teacher Alice McDermott has impressed readers with novels about loss, resilience and nostalgia that bind strong-knit communities. What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is her newest work, a collection of essays about…

Gisèle LewisAugust 16, 2021

authors on writing

Writing About Place: The Power of Setting in Stories

Debut Author Talks About Publishing, Mythology and Monstrous Women

How One Author’s Character Came to Life and Challenged His Worldview

Alli Frank and Asha Youmans Tackle Writing as a Team Sport

Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

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