Reading and Writing . . .

Reading and Writing . . .

. . . go hand in hand. People always ask if I’ve always wanted to be a writer, and I say no. But then I quickly admit that I’ve always been a reader. Am still reading Jane Smiley’s 13 Ways, and I loved what she said about novelists and reading. An...

Novellas?

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a little blip titled “How Novellas Could Rescue Fiction Writers and Readers.”  The gist of the story is that since everyone knows people read less these days, perhaps we can entice them to read novellas instead of...

Novellas?

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a little blip titled “How Novellas Could Rescue Fiction Writers and Readers.”  The gist of the story is that since everyone knows people read less these days, perhaps we can entice them to read novellas instead of...