November 14, 2007 – 12:01 am
Kimberlee Auerbach is the author of The Devil, The Lovers & Me: My Life in Tarot, the story of her circuitous journey towards self-acceptance, told in the structure of a tarot reading. But today, she’s here to sing for us! I think Kimmi is adorable, funny, fascinating, and brave. I’m so happy to have […]
November 7, 2007 – 12:01 am
Pia Ehrhardt has been unbelievably influential in my writing - not just because we’ve edited each other’s work for so many years, but because once you see what Pia can do with a single sentence - how you can pack it full of beauty, tension, secrets, love, imagery, and yet keep it so very simple […]
October 31, 2007 – 12:01 am
John Warner is the editor of the super-popular internet site, McSweeney’s. Recently, he was given his own humor imprint at Writer’s Digest. And today he’s here to play the Top 5 game with you. How does the Top 5 game work? John answers the question first, then you do, and then you check out all […]
October 24, 2007 – 12:01 am
Give me 5 reasons to be hopeful in these dark times.
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This question is for everyone, but The Very Hot Jews will answer it first today. Who are The Very Hot Jews? I cannot possibly define their comedy, or advice-giving, or where they cross that line of political correctness, or where they take a surprise turn […]
October 10, 2007 – 12:01 am
What? You think writers just sit around all day with their notebooks and laptops? Nerds with pencils behind their ears? Nah.
Kevin Dolgin and I once went to a Mexican restaurant in Chelsea on a winter’s evening. My feet were so cold, I took my shoes off so I could sit cross-legged and warm my toes. […]
October 3, 2007 – 12:01 am
Pierre Berg spent 18 months as a prisoner in a Nazi death camp, and wrote down his story not long after his escape. In his first-ever interview, Pierre gives his unromantic view of survival, tells how he makes use of the serial number tattooed on his arm, and hopes to find a publisher for his […]
September 26, 2007 – 12:01 am
Name 5 famous people you’ve met, and tell a story about at least one of them.
This question is for all my readers, and there’s a reason I think it’s a useful one for writers to think about. If you’re like me, playing is the best way to get the creative ideas flowing. But more importantly, […]
Here’s the premise of TOWN HOUSE, the novel by Tish Cohen that sold to FOX movie producers before it was picked up by HarperPerennial:
Jack Madigan lives in the delapidated, mammoth town house owned by his dead rock star father, Baz. Jack, who was kept in a crate as he toured with his father, now […]
Lines marking the road.
Lines of a journey.
Lines on a map.
Things to be crossed, followed, broken and blurred.
As writers we deal with all kinds of lines, and everything we see between them.
A funny thing occurred to me in this interview, a certain subjective quality to literature. Those broken lines, what line a writer follows […]
I met Ken Barris last summer when I did a reading at A Touch of Madness in Cape Town, South Africa. He read for the open-mic portion of the evening. His reading was outstanding, and we got to talking about J.M. Coetzee’s DISGRACE, one of my favorites. He mentioned that his own book, which was […]
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