Welcome to today’s edition of the Open Mic’s Creativity and COVID-19 Project. I’m checking in with a slew of writers and creative folks of all kinds to see how they are holding up during this pandemic, and to hopefully glean a few tips on how to stay...
It is no secret that we are living in challenging and often troubling times. But as some factions struggle to hold on to archaic ideals and longstanding hatreds, the larger world is increasingly leaning into the reality that cultural and intellectual diversity is a...
As noted here before, every professional editor has their own focus, their own style, and their own process for how they help writers take a lump of coal into a shiny diamond. This week, I sat down with the estimable Stuart Horwitz, the founder of Book Architecture,...
As any aspiring writer can tell you, it’s tough out there in the literary world. I sat down recently with agent, writer and freelance editor Elizabeth Kracht of the Kimberly Cameron Agency to gain some insight into the ever-evolving publishing industry. ...
Nobody could ever accuse novelist and adventurer Layton Green of not following his muse no matter where it leads him. The author of a series of books that go from fantasy to thriller to mystery and back again, Green is never afraid of staying true to his own literary...
