Last week I wrote a post about the uneven pacing in Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter . Today, I want to talk about another cool component ...

Happy Monday, everyone! If you haven't already heard about The Wild Grass and my giveaway for a Literary Lab Critique (and you want to),...

Hi everyone, I'm excited and nervous to announce that I have officially published my first collection, The Wild Grass and Other Stories ...

I have the reputation of being a nice guy, at least according to some people. I also have the reputation of being a quiet guy. For me, the t...

Happy Monday, everyone! Today, I wanted to talk about how we present ourselves as writers. I think we've all programmed ourselves, at le...

Yesterday, Anne Gallagher, Michelle, Scott and I tried an experiment that involved having readers try to match the writer to the writing fo...

I've been meaning to talk about The Book Thief by Markus Zusak for several days now. Briefly, it tells the story of a young girl, Liese...

Over the years, the elements of writing that I've had to focus on during revisions has changed. When I first started writing, clarity wa...

Last night I went to a reading of short stories from Stacey Levine's The Girl With Brown Fur . I was very impressed with the writing. Ov...

You know how you're not supposed to look directly at some types of eclipses because the light might damage your eyes? I wonder if you...

These days, the world moves at such a fast pace. That's really nice in some ways. But, it also makes us forget that some things take tim...

Y'day, Scott talked about his new strategy to slow down time at critical points in his story. I got home from work, excited to slow dow...

If you're a subscriber to our mailing list, you might have read my review of Haruki Murakami's After Dark . This book is short and r...

You've probably typed it yourself, or at least you've been on the receiving end of someone who typed it. Yes, I mean that long stret...

Happy Monday, everyone! And, Happy Birthday to my friend, partner in crime, and writing colleague, Michelle ! Michelle, the more I get to kn...

Sendai, Japan is about 5,300 miles away from where I live in Sherman Oaks, California. I woke up grumpy this morning because I didn't ge...

During my writer's group meeting this weekend, someone brought up the need for confidence in writing. He suggested--and I agree with him...

I always feel silly writing about my own progress because I assume the lessons I'm learning are already common sense to everyone else. N...

Are you a fast or a slow reader? I've always been slow, and I often wonder if those speed readers around me are having the same reading ...

Grab it while it's hot! The Literary Lab's second annual publication is now out and ready for you to pick up! We'd prefer our...