Please help me "Close the Book" on my memoir project!
My sixteen-year quest to publish my memoir The Accidental Terrorist is nearly over. I feel like I've been...
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Progress Report: THE ACCIDENTAL TERRORIST is on track for this fall!
When I announced last October that I would be self-publishing my memoir this year, I optimistically thought I could have...
"Why aren't you married yet?"
No, this post is not about my marriage, which marks its 12th happy anniversary this year. This post is actually about writers and sensitivity. Imagine yourself at the wedding of a close friend. You're...
Entering final week of Kickstarter campaign for Chicago Writers Conference!
The Chicago Writers Conference is Chicago's only homegrown mainstream literary conference focusing on practical business advice for fiction and non-fiction writers alike. The brainchild of Mare Swallow, it will feature such editors, agents, and...
Help support the Chicago Writers Conference!
Chicago is getting its own down-home writers conference! The Chicago Writers Conference will take place September 14-16 at Tribune Tower in beautiful downtown Chicago. Speakers and presenters include Chuck Sambuchino, Robert K. Elder, and Cinnamon Cooper,...
Frey-ing fish in a barrel
After reading last week's New York Magazine feature article "James Frey's Fiction Factory," I was tempted to post another jeremiad against the author who proves himself time and again the...