I’ve always tried hard to make things happen for myself. As a writer, I enter contests, apply for fellowships and residencies, and submit to journals. I seek out feedback wherever I can get it. I take writing classes, attend conferences,…
We know a lot of you writers hate the whole social media thing. Some days, we feel the same way. But, here’s the deal: It’s good for you. Or you dread the book tour idea, what with the probability of…
Kimberly Elkins’s debut novel “What Is Visible” centers on the real-life story of Laura Bridgman, who spent most of her life in 19th Century Boston without the use of four out of five senses, and whose education at Perkins Institution…
Go Figure: Musings from the Mind of Rob Wilstein “In December, (Amazon) patented ‘anticipatory shopping,’ which will use your shopping data to put items that you don’t yet know you want to buy, but will soon enough, on a truck…