Do any of these names sound familiar? Remington, Olivetti, Royal, Smith Corona… If so, then you’re one of us old folks who learned to keyboard on a manual typewriter. It was a lot more energy-consuming than the fairy-soft touch of electronic keyboards that we all use today. The history of … Read More
My writing life began at age 15 when I was tapped to be the editor of my high school newspaper. Honored? Frightened is more like it. “I can’t do this,” I thought. I hadn’t the faintest idea what was expected of the editor-in-chief of our paper. Whatever it was, I … Read More
As a writer, I look forward to my weekly New Yorker. The essays are timely and beautifully written. I know that they’re accurate because the fact-checkers at the New Yorker are famously compulsive, to the despair of some contributors. The magazine is a writer’s joy. Just as appealing as the articles … Read More
You didn’t secure an agent because you thought your book was ready for submission to a publisher. You did your research in Writer’s Market and wrote a masterful cover letter to a small press. You attached a synopsis and the number of manuscript pages requested, and sent everything off by … Read More