One Author, Nine Planets, and Half a Library There used to be a poster hanging in one of my long-ago English classrooms that read: “In order to write a single book, one must turn over half a library.” I’ve long forgetten the attribution, so forgive me, but I’ve thought of that phrase over and over […]
If you tried to write a novel last month, you know how difficult it can be. Just finishing a book—no matter how long it takes you—is quite an achievement, let alone in one month. In fact, chances are pretty good that by the end of National Novel Writing Month, many of you fell short, and you closed out the […]
