Four recommended books for all fiction writers
I highlight four books that, in my view, offer fiction authors helpful insights that can help them make their own writing better on their own terms.
13 best practices for creative writing critique groups
Nobody is born being able to creative writing critique well. You have to learn it — learn from doing it. But guidelines can help.
Not all commas are from Oxford
Commas congregate around the edges of rules. Some exist within the realm of necessity, but most commas waltz through lawless zones, following nothing more than a song in the author’s mind, required only, by their presence or absence, not to confuse or trip up readers.