Platitudes

By Trey Ellis

"Trey Ellis's debut novel, Platitudes, first published in 1988, takes on conflicts within the African American literary community. Dewayne Wellington, a failing black experimental novelist, and Iss...

Reflex and bone structure

By Clarence Major

Bubbles gondola

By Renaud Dillies

"Charlie is a mouse who's trying to write but has a block. Writing is a solitary endeavor. A bird named Solitude comes to visit him to keep him company. We're never sure he actually exists but in C...

Writer s block busters

By Velina Hasu Houston

Getting Unstuck Without Coming Unglued

By Susan O Doherty

The good nanny

By Benjamin Cheever

After losing his editing job, Stuart and his wife Andie find themselves envying, resentful, and distrustful of their perfect nanny, Miss Washington, a woman who is a talented painter, cooking whiz,...

Stealing Adda

By Tamara Leigh

Write

By Karen E. Peterson

The Writer s Portable Therapist

By Rachel Ph.D. Ballon

The writing desk

By Rachel Hauck

"Tenley Roth's first book was a runaway bestseller. Now that her second book is due, she's locked in fear. Can she repeat her earlier success or is she a fraud who has run out of inspiration? With...