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Now, don’t get us wrong, we like having far too much information. If we’re overwhwelmed by a subject, we’re happy (generally, because this means we’re so busy “researching” that we’re not “working”). But, let’s be honest — it’s hard enough getting people to put alt attributes on images. How can anyone expect articles filled with […]

Let us be upfront about this: we are perfectly willing to accept a genius grant. Just recently, the husband realized the truth about us — we were born to be showered in gifts. We will not say how many years it’s taken him to come to this conclusion. Suffice to say, more than a few. […]

It is a rare human who finds their calling at a young age. Usually the ones who do are seduced by the freedom that comes from driving a garbage or fire truck. Generally, this urge is outgrown about the time said person discovers girls (or boys). Some, however, never waver from their vision of the […]

Eagle-eyed Booksquare readers have no doubt noticed a new link* over there on the right. Yes, there’s a new blog in town, and we’re excited about it for a few reasons. First, of course, is that we’ve been invited to be a columnist for the blog (same crankiness, real name). Terminology’s a bit off, but […]

Those of you who know about our little issue with the serial comma (or as we like to call it Our Favorite Thing in The World), avert your eyes. We are going to say something shocking. Of course, if you’re reading this, you have a synopsis to finish. It is past 5 p.m., and we […]

Can we just say that we winced when we got to the point in this Washington Post article about self-publishining where an author who signed with PublishAmerica admitted she didn’t have a clue about the business of publishing. One part of us feels sorry for her; the other, the part we affectionately call our black-hearted […]

We were never much for Ernest Hemingway in our misbegotten youth — too much guy writing for our taste. Always, we gravitated toward F. Scott Fitzgerald. But tastes change (hence spinach enjoying a regular role at meals), and we’ve developed more of an appreciation for Hemingway. What we once disdained as overly simple, we now […]

Sometimes it seems hard to believe that today’s young writers are following the same vocation as that depicted by a long night of wakefulness in Cyril Connolly’s Enemies of Promise (1938), when the tortured would-be writer lies awake all night hearing the bells sound off the hours – or is it the decades? – and […]

They say that novel writing is a lonely business and all that — well, yeah, if we wanted to make it a party, we’d probably go into advertising or screenwriting or something. However, there are times when you want to write with someone else. The good news is that collaborative software has come a long […]

While we suspect that Dan Wickett of the Emerging Writers Network doesn’t sleep, which makes us a bit concerned for his health, we have no qualms about taking advantage of his hard work. After all, the alternative is too scary to mention. He’s been interviewing like crazy lately (probably by the time we finish this […]