Reading and Writing

How do writers come up with story ideas and turn them into novels? “If one idea in particular seems attractive, and you feel you could do s...

“There is an unholy practice to bring fundamentalism, capitalism and even politics into literature and culture. Literature goes beyond any r...

A piece of advice for would-be writers: "We ought to make the process of writing books seem less daunting to those who are starting out...

"The well-worn formula beginning/middle/end is the default mode for pretty much all of the commercial and "literary" novels t...

Is it possible that waning interest in literary fiction is the result of the army of Borg writers driven by a single collective thought, pr...

I did not realize that my novels involve a technique called kishotenketsu: "Japanese writers are trained in a literary technique called...

Writing books is a job, not unlike that of a worker on a  manufacturing line, where the publishing model forces one to churn out books as ma...

Every writer dreads the beginning. How, oh how, to begin the novel? Is there a magical formula, one applicable to every genre, and to every ...

"Do not trust the dominant ideologies and the princes. Stay away from the princes. Do not contaminate your language with language of id...

Another step toward Walmartization of literature: "The Faber Academy Toronto, slated to open in October, will offer a selection of long...

Witkacy, one of my favorite artists used to fortify his creativity with various stimulants. Whenever he painted or wrote he added a short no...

Are you trying to find a publisher for your novel? Finding too many obstacles? No replies from literary agencies, publishers? Wondering what...