Write from Beyond what you know. From the authority of…

“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.”

— J.D. Winston

“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the one.”

— Jay Fingers

“But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality, he was…

— Graham Spaid

“Thinking, like other drugs, can be a useful distraction from pain, as long as it's managed and doesn't become an addiction.”

— David Burr Gerrard

“…he’d assumed their relationship would go on forever. It was going on now, but in another way, like the rearrangement of the stars, which…

— Graham Spaid

“I know he says it’s a mind upload problem,” said Aideen. “But we won’t know that for sure until we get there. And maybe…

— Steven Decker

I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently…

— Amanda Shires

“There could be no better time to read THE END OF BLISS, Rhonda Cutler's beautifully researched and heartfelt novel about another of our great…

— Rhonda Ringler Cutler

“There, arrows are thrown slowly — but they hurt. The first arrow comes from a one-sided decision — as though only one voice is…

— Tommy Wibowo

“Maybe that’s why I was so afraid of Sasha’s love. With him comes the remembering part that I was so good at forgetting. ~Piper…

— Alexia Purdy

“He nodded, looking across the room at the sea of photographers and journalists. The microphones spread around him like birds waiting to be fed.”

— F.C. Malby

“And there was nothing quite like the surprise attack of a snarling black bear, even one missing all forty-two teeth, to urge someone back…

— Cole Alpaugh

I'm now much more excited about genre distinctions. What I still see breaking down are more the hierarchical arrangements of genres. That is, "There…

— Lev Grossman

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that's the end. Here's another who's never going to write well again.

— Richard Russo

“The wise have the mental agility to anticipate and adjust to dire circumstances faster than most.”

— Isham Cook