Halloween is here and I just scooped up the last bags of Mounds at Stop and Shop, because if I’m going to give out candy it has to be candy I like. I don’t have a pumpkin because it would…
We all know that unrepentantly evil characters are the most fun to write. But how do you make a psychopath memorable, and more than just the tired one-dimensional shock value trope of airport novels? Make them a literary psychopath: a…
To say that Ladee Hubbard has an original imagination is an understatement. Her inventive debut novel, The Talented Ribkins (Melville House, 2017) is wild ride—part superhero quest, part thriller, part, well…you’ll see. The book tells the story of Johnny Ribkins,…
We at Dead Darlings are thrilled to share author Jodi Paloni’s interview with Virginia Pye about her forthcoming short story collection, Shelf Life of Happiness, which Kirkus Reviews called “…a deeply moving meditation on the complexity and potential generosity of love.”…
On Tuesday, October 16th, 2018 at 7PM, Craft on Draft, a reading series developed by Grub Street’s Novel Incubator alumni, presents A Writer’s Voice – How to Develop Yours and Your Character’s Voice at Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 338 Newbury St….
In this day and age, as a female “person of color” living in a first-world country, I have many opportunities to indulge in the love of Western progressives. Nonetheless, I invite you to look at the big picture, to stop…