A story that is not relatable is of little use to anyone no matter how clearly it is written.

If my mother were to haunt me from the next world (which would be a surprise because she is alive), I know what her incantation would be.

Every author has what literary experts call voice. It took me years to realize that voice simply meant the author's unique writing style.

I’ve read hundreds of websites and more than twenty books meant to help authors write novels. Most of them didn’t help me.

Gertrude Stein famously wrote, “The artist’s job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

Your fans want to know that you know what you’re doing.

I read somewhere that "a good short story with one extra word is a bad short story."

With a bit of skewed math, we can squeeze a decent novella out of one thousand sentences.

I have played a game for years that has helped transform my writing from banal lethargy to transcendent elegance.

Recall the adage, the customer is always right?