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The Killing Tree

Hillary Kaylor | Posted 05.21.2013 | Impact
Hillary Kaylor

The land is green, rolling and gentle-seeming in the way only places far from home can seem. Valleys are carved into the ground, covered in carpets of silky grass and steadfast moss.

Sexism vs. The Costa Prize

Foz Meadows | Posted 03.06.2013 | Books
Foz Meadows

If a female writer makes the claim that the literary establishment is predominantly male-centric on account of sexism, and your response is to claim that women are both inherently less interesting and worse writers than men, then congratulations! You are being sexist.

'I'll Have the Men's Fiction! (Extra Macho and Genius on Top!)'

Laura Zigman | Posted 08.04.2012 | Women
Laura Zigman

Last week, Esquire announced a new editorial imperative -- to run "Men's Fiction." We thought they already did this, but apparently, that's just not enough.

Author Charlotte Rogan On The Unexpected Success Of 'The Lifeboat'

Debra Ollivier | Posted 06.19.2012 | Fifty
Debra Ollivier

For decades, and unbeknownst to many, Charlotte Rogan quietly wrote novels while raising triplets in Dallas, Texas. At 57, she published The Lifeboat, which is poised to become a huge success.

What Is a Literary Novel?

Warren Adler | Posted 05.29.2012 | Books
Warren Adler

Does durability, for example, constitute an important definition of what is or becomes a literary novel? How does a novel become a classic? Who determines what becomes a classic?

London's Literary Salons

Crane.tv | Posted 12.08.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Crane.tv

London has long been seen as a purveyor of all that's cool - hipsters and trendsetters are constantly piled into the latest IT bar watching undergroun...

10 Rules for a Literary Feud

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Jeff Klima

You must choose a feud partner who is somewhat equal to you in writing style. Literary feuds involving a fantasy writer who threatens to cast "rune-elf blood curses" on you aren't cool.

On Names

Jeff Klima | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Jeff Klima

There is a two-fold complaint nestled in the plumy thicket of today's screed, good people. And while they (the individual issues of the complaint) are...

Why Are Book Titles So Boring?

The Guardian | Darragh McManus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books

Apparently book titles can't be copyrighted - I was going to call my first tome Confessions of an English Opium Eater, before my advisers counselled a...

Literary Community Rallies Around Author Through Donations for Silent Auction

Cicily Janus | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Cicily Janus

In artist communities around our country, it is imperative that we support each other and gather the support of others outside the community, especially in times of trouble.

One Self-Published Author Gives a Story of War a Soul

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Carol Hoenig

Homefront, is a novel about someone waiting for a loved one to return home from war. What inspired you to write this particular story?