"Patch of Dirt:" Publishing Options
There are three drivers that will determine what you do with your MS: Your impatience, money and the length of the MS. COMMERCIAL AND...
"Patch of Dirt:" The Seven Most Common Errors in Short Stories
THE SEVEN MOST COMMON ERRORS: Over the years teaching short story classes I made a list of the 7 most common errors writers seem to make....
"Patch of Dirt:" Point of View Diagram
Point of view is the most difficult decision a writer must make before startng to write. Point of view simply put is: Who tells the...
"Patch of Dirt:" Hermann Hesse's "The Poet"
I first came across Hesse because of a poet I was hanging around with. I had heard of Hesse, but had never read any of his works. She...
Patch of Dirt: More On The Process of Writing
This is the best piece I've read on the writing process. I found this collection in a Providence, RI bookstore. Many of the Chinese...
"Patch of Dirt:" Writing Stuff
From the Vermont College Postgraduate Writers' Conference August, 2010 "Taming the Shaggy Beast: Letting Your Novel Write Itself" A Craft...
"Patch of Dirt" Books Sold By Category 2014-2015
It's difficult to overstate the impact adult coloring books had on print sales last year, with the coloring-book craze driving large...