James Frey has done a bad thing, and the bad thing happens to involve a world I’ve very much a part of –the YA world. He’s gone into my old MFA program, along with several others, looking for young and hungry talent to write for him for pennies on the dollar.
Here, in a nutshell, is [...]

There’s a golden rule in writing, one so taken for granted that people often don’t even talk about it. It’s simple: never, ever, ever, ever, ever respond to a negative review. Ever. I mean, you can if you really want to. No one is going to ARREST you if you do. But you are going [...]

[Note: I originally posted this when I was guest blogging at Insideadog on February 6th, 2008. I'm so hopping mad* about something I read today that I am reposting it. It will be new to a lot of people, I think.]
Today’s post was inspired by the lovely ladies at Trashonista, who quoted my beloved agent, [...]