Book Titles: The Inside Scoop

  “My definition (for myself) of a working title is: A title that doesn’t work.” Robin Black Picture having a baby. You named that baby so soon after conception. Dear little Lev. It’s the Russian version of your father’s name. It has great meaning. Birth! The nurse places him in your arms. She smiles. Than … Read more

Mentors, Monsters & Muses

  How many writers come up without help? None, I’d venture to guess. Most writers can point to someone who made the difference for them—whether it was as a long-term teacher, a workshop leader, or perhaps, as a role-model of great prose. (Jenna Blum, brilliant writer and teacher, played all those roles for me.) Elizabeth … Read more

When Marketing Can Be Too Much

Guest Post by Robin Black (originally published in Beyond The Margins) It’s almost New Year’s resolution time.  I have a few this year.  All the usual ones about less food, more exercise, of course; a new one about buying only cruelty-free meat and poultry; and I am resolving this year to try to keep at … Read more