I began reading Jill A. Davis' latest novel, ASK AGAIN LATER, with a little apprehension. The story centers on Emily, a single woman in NYC whose life is thrown into a tailspin when her mother is diagnosed with cancer. Cancer certainly isn't a funny topic. But Davis, an Emmy-nominated writer for the [...]...

By the time this is posted I'll be in Estonia, about as far away from home as I can get. Preparations for the trip were disrupted by a new arrival – an old, blind dog who needed to be gently eased into my existing menagerie. Life is full of surprises. Part two of Therese's interview with [...]...

[Kath here: we're pleased to post part 2 of Dave's diary recounting his experiences at the Writer's League of Texas' Agents & Editors Conference. If you missed Part 1, click HERE. Or read Dave's full account at his website: write your short story dot com.] Agents and Editors Conference: Sunday, June 22 I woke up [...]...

It's a little surreal. I mentioned my good news about finding an agent last week. Since then, I've been introduced to things I figured were coming, like a contract review, and other things I hadn't really considered, like approving my manuscript to be sent to a foreign rights agent and asking an author for a [...]...

A little inspiration from The Writer's Almanac: It was on this day in 1936 that the novel Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was first published. When she handed the manuscript over to editors, it was in terrible shape, with more than 1,000 pages of faded and dog-eared paper, poorly typed and with penciled changes. [...]...