10 Gift Ideas For Writers

November 4, 2009

by Catherine L. Tully
Well, the holidays are right around the corner–so I thought I would do a “gift ideas” post for writers. Most of us are friends with other writers, so it goes without saying that we not only would like to get some of these, but can give a few as well. Please share [...]

Favorite Books

June 19, 2009

Facebook has a thing going about favorite books and I thought I’d share my list here for FZ readers. Feel free to chime in with some of yours.
In no particular order…
1. The Things They Carried (Tim O’Brien)
2. Love In The Time Of Cholera (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
3. Whoever Fights Monsters (Robert K. Ressler)
4. Anna Karenina (Leo [...]

Kicking the Passive Voice Habit

June 20, 2008

One of my all-time pet peeves? The kiss of death in a cover letter to an editor? OK, the kiss of death in a cover letter to THIS editor? Passive voice sentence construction. We all do it, and this website has just as many guilty passages as anyone, so I can’t blindly accuse other writers [...]

The Haven Foundation

May 24, 2008

If you haven’t heard of The Haven Foundation you are in for a treat! This charity is the baby of author Stephen King–and the best part is that it is for writers! From the site:
The Haven Foundation is a national, nonprofit organization making grants to freelance writers and artists experiencing career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or [...]

February 22, 2008

 
This is hands down the best book on writing I have ever, ever read. It’s smart, funny (hillarious really) and is one of those books that you will be very sorry to have end. I wish he’d write another one. Frankly, I’m not a big Stephen King fan, but this book has some of the best advice [...]