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Subscribe nowIt is key to the late-stage development of any piece of long-form creative writing to engage beta readers. These are individual readers who read widely…
Read More[This blogpost first appeared here on 4 May 2016] I'm going to get a bit academic on you here. Bear with me. The post is…
Read MoreHe reads Robert Alter’s translation, The Five Books of Moses. Seeking to understand the literary qualities of the Hebrew––a language he studied for three weeks…
Read MoreHe writes as if composing a letter to a friend. Head bowed over his laptop, words drop like spring rain, silence but for the soft…
Read MoreRead poetry every day of your life. Poetry is good because it flexes muscles you don’t use often enough. Poetry expands the senses and keeps…
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