Over the holidays, we received a very good question from a reader: "I've just read 'Submit to the New Yorker' on your website and I'm wondering if a particular format or list ... Read More

"Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on ... Read More

According to the Guardian, J. K. Rowling's The Tales of Beedle the Bard is at the top of Christmas best-sellers lists, having sold over 160,000 copies since December 20, making ... Read More

If the holidays have you more blue than red and green, take a moment to read about Augusten Burroughs's childhood misadventures with a gingerbread house on the Guardian online. (And ... Read More

If you've got your presents bought and wrapped (or you just want a break from the holiday madness), look ahead to January contest deadlines. Dobie Paisano, Jentel, and MacDowell all ... Read More

If we were big joiners, we wouldn't be spending so much time alone with our computers, right? So parties, and especially office parties, can be particularly painful. I'm throwing down ... Read More

I recently reviewed the new edition of the Oxford American Writer's Thesaurus, and it got me thinking about thesauruses in general. Rick Moody begins his foreword to the book by ... Read More

NaNoWriMo participants will tell you that anyone can write a novel (in a month, no less). Getting a book from first draft to bookstore shelf is another story. Maybe you ... Read More