I don’t know what you expected when you published your first novel. In truth, you tried hard to keep expectations low so that they would be met and perhaps exceeded. But the build-up to a book launch is so huge…
Christopher Castellani, Grub Street’s extraordinary artistic director, is a critically acclaimed author who has won numerous awards and unending praise because his writing is as brilliant as his heart is large. Personally, I’ve never met another writer with his combination…
The dreaded question, “How’s your book selling?” invariably sends me into a spiral of self-doubt. But I’m not the only writer who doesn’t make much, if any money, from her books. According to a recent New York Times article “Writing…
Whitney Scharer, a veteran Grubbie extraordinaire, is just out with her debut The Age of Light (Little Brown, 2019) and already it is flying off the shelves. Set in 1930s Paris, the book is about the love story between Vogue…
Oh, February, you nasty little month. Returning again with unpredictable weather patterns, fewer days that seem longer than they really are, and a reminder to institute major behavioral changes lest New Year’s promises crumble earlier than last year’s did. I’m…
I had worked it all out: I was going on a five-day solo writing retreat at a friend’s house in Vermont. Just the time and space I needed to do a deep dive into a final revision of my novel….