The Unscratchables: Shaggy-Dog Noir
‘Me and Hitch’: Evan Hunter remembers Alfred Hitchcock
Al Columbia’s high-octane nightmare fuel
A Fifth of Adams
With special guest star …

2010

July

• On the importance of the properly placed comma, or not

2009

June

• William Saroyan on negotiations

March

• Wodehouse and reviewers

• Wodehouse gossips

• Writing for the market

• More from the performing flea

• Writer as performing flea

2008

May

• Not thrilled with thrillers

February

• What Roy Peter Clark and Milton Berle have in common

2007

April

• You Know You’re A Writer When …

February

• The Cat as a Cat Can

January

• Things To Do In Arizona When You’re Arid

2006

November

• Here’s a Quick Bit of Writing Advice

September

• Tod Goldberg is a Caring, Sensitive Writing Teacher

• You Gotta Have A Gimmick

August

• The Wrong Writing Question

• Agent-Hunter Returns, Rested & Refreshed

July

• ‘Write what you know,’ except maybe you shouldn’t

April

• Writing as pr0nography

• When agents and writers meet

March

• Wonderful advice for beginning writers

• The Importance of Style Sheets

• Why writing fiction can take awhile

February

• A garland of writing advice

January

• Another Milepost Reached

• I’ve Got A Little List, Not An Error Will I Miss

• Get Your Story Rejected In 11 Easy Ways

• Writing Advice From John D. MacDonald

2005

December

• Everybody Goes to Remaindertown

• The writer’s nightmare

November

• Society for the preservation of TV jargon meets

• Great advice from Miss Snark

• MFA programs won’t touch this

• How not to publish a book

<< Back to the blog