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For the Love of New York
From my first forty-eight hours in Manhattan to covering Ground Zero after 9/11, New York has always pulled at my heart. Now, as a pandemic empties its streets, the city's spirit endures.
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Writing & Books
Friday Fact: On Little House
Laura Ingalls Wilder didn't start writing the Little House series until she was in her sixties. For all of us with writing projects on the back burner: hope is immune to all viruses.
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Monday Quote: On Doing What We Can't
Wading into fiction after twenty years of journalism is freeing and daunting. During this pandemic season, may we push beyond our comfort zones and make ourselves good at something new.
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Friday Fact: Amazon, Soon-to-Be King of U.S. Publishing
Amazon controls over 80 percent of ebook sales, and alarmingly little stands in the way of it controlling the entire book industry. What does that mean for authors?
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Writing & Books
Monday Quote: On Inspiration
Van Gogh painted for only ten years and knew almost no success, yet he laid the foundations of modern art. May we take heart and keep writing, whether or not we know success.
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Friday Fact: On Publishing Books
Thirty years ago, there were half a million books on the market. Today, a new book may compete against fifteen million titles.
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Writing & Books
Monday Quote: On Writing Books
I never found the postpartum book I needed, so I wrote it. The best advice any writer can follow: write the book you wish you could read.
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Friday Fact: For the Love of Michelangelo
The Pieta was the only work Michelangelo ever signed — and he carved it from a perfect block of marble before he turned thirty.
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Monday Quote: On Remorse
Hemingway was complicated, but slivers of humility and remorse slip through his sealed prose — especially when it comes to the first wife he never stopped regretting.
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Got concept? Without it, your fiction won't float.
Without a strong concept, your fiction won't float. Larry Brooks breaks down what separates a true concept from a mere idea — and how to know if yours is good enough.
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Monday Quote: On Errant Apostrophes
Benjamin Dreyer's delightful take on the misused apostrophe — a charming excerpt from one of the best style manuals you'll ever read.
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Monday Quote: On Omitting
Sometimes the best thing you can do for a story is cut. Hemingway reminds us that what we leave out can make readers feel something more than they understand.
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