Voice. All readers (and literary agents) want to find the next great one, and all writers want to know what the heck it is. If voice were easy to define, then we wouldn’t have dozens of articles, books and classes to demystify the concept. Today, I’ll put in my two cents and see if I […]

It’s the holiday season, and this is a tough time for most people. For, writers, it’s peace hell on Earth, largely—though not entirely—due to the whole ‘having to wear pants’ thing. We authors, historically, have been a misunderstood group of people. Burned as witches. No holiday there. Survival rate after a political coup? Close to […]