Jack Burger on How-To Books
The Long and the Short of How-To Books for the Writer - Three Examples Why read books about writing when you could actually be doing it? Maybe they have suggestions...
Two Paths to Publication
The Columbia Fiction Foundry presents authors Julia Kite and Jennifer Kitses discussing "Two Paths to Publication," November 14th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the King's College Room of the...
Query Shark - an excellent resource
Janet Reid is an agent who will mercilessly tear apart query letters. Right now there are 277 queries (many revised several times) with her brutal honesty about what works and...
How to build momentum in your...
Literary agent Jeff Kleinman, a recent guest at the Columbia Fiction Foundry, recommends these tips from writer Lee Child ("The Killing Floor", "The Enemy", the Jack Reacher series of thrillers)....
An evening with Folio Literary Agency
On May 18th, the Columbia Fiction Foundry hosted literary agents Erin Harris, Jeff Kleinman, and Dado Derviskadic, of Folio Literary Management, as part of the Foundry's "Distinguished Speakers" series. In a...
Events of Interest--Upcoming Early in 2016...
Aspiring fiction writers, mark your calendars! Several exciting events featuring novelists talking about craft are coming soon, and most are free. Jenny Offill, author of 2014's acclaimed Dept. of Speculation, will...
Press button for... short story: French...
From France: a new way of storytelling: https://www.rt.com/news/319609-grenoble-story-vending-machine
DEFINING GENRE
Defining Genre Beth Hill, author of The Magic of Fiction (available only as a $14 PDF download), has an informative two part post on The Editor's Blog titled Defining Genre, Part 1 and Part 2. ...
New Novel by John Angell Grant...
PALO ALTO AIN’T WHAT IT USED TO BE! John Angell Grant (CC, ’68), a Bay Area theater critic and playwright, has written a new novel currently being serialized in the Palo Alto...
Interview with Literary Agent Miriam Goderich
An Afternoon with Literary Agent, Miriam GoderichJune 6, 2015Interviewer: Shanan Essick (SE)Transcriber: Ralph White (RW) SE: For those of you who don’t know her, Miriam Goderich has been partnering with...
Edith Wharton on Writing
The Writing of Fiction Edith Wharton Review by Ralph WhiteReading Edith Wharton’s book, The Writing of Fiction, enables the contemporary writer to visit the mind of one of the twentieth...
An Afternoon with Literary Agent Lindsay...
The Distinguished Columbian Guest Speaker Program The Columbia Fiction Foundry with the support of the Columbia Alumni Association PresentsLindsay Edgecombe, Barnard ‘04, Literary Agent with Levine, Greenberg, Rostan Literary...