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Debut novelist O'Connell Debut novelist A. J. O'Connell, a graduate of Fairfield University's low-residency Master of Fine ...

  There's a proverb that says don't muzzle the ox while he's in the field, meaning don't restrain those hard at work; let th...

A reality-based scene can work, too The old adage, especially for emerging fiction writers, was write what you know, meaning what you...

Learn to listen to your prose Musicians and singers who don't read music can still learn to play. The key is developing an ear for a ...

Setting also creates mood Among the holiday commercials one impressed me — one for diamond rings. Neil Lane, jeweler to the stars, said, ...