One of my favorite things about being a writer is that my “training” never stops. There will always be conferences, workshops, new (or old) books on craft and technique to discover. When your goal is to be a professional author, the learning never ends. With writing there is always some new technique to learn or … More Short Stories and the Seven-Point System
SF: We met back in the spring of 2010 when you were a Visiting Writer at Gettysburg College. I took your “Writing What You Don’t Know” class where we read magical realism stories and workshopped our own pieces. What have you been up to since then? LvdB: It’s funny—I know that class was only five … More Author Interview: Laura van den Berg
I hesitated to read another work by Holly Black after feeling disappointed with her novel Tithe. However, her short story collection, The Poison Eaters, is filled with interesting characters in strange and often morally confusing situations. I like how most of the heroes and heroines of Black’s stories don’t end up better off in the … More Holly Black’s The Poison Eaters
