Writers

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The mother-daughter wars
Rebecca Walker's denunciation of feminism and her mother Alice Walker has a lot to teach us about the choices women make and the daughters who judge them.
I need more ideas! Where do they come from?
I've been doing well selling my writing but I seem to be running out of inspiration.
I got the writing fellowship -- so now I'm terrified!
I'm lucky, I know I'm lucky, but I don't feel lucky. I just feel burdened.
I'm a mom who needs more solitude
Is there something wrong with me? Why can't I just be lovable and outgoing?
Writing is in my blood, but how do I know if I'm any good?
What if I have no talent? How can I find out? Who can tell me?
How can I get a writing job?
I'm a good writer. Everybody says so. So how come other people get hired?
Go away, can't you see I'm writing?!
I'm finally starting to create again, but people won't leave me alone!
My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer!
He spends every day pounding out novels that make everyone else groan, and he insists that we critique them.
Who wants to be a millionaire -- on strike?
A TV quiz show writer explains why the current strike is hardly a trivial pursuit.
The reluctant feminist
Nobel-winner Doris Lessing has shrugged off feminist interpretations of her work -- with good reason.
Dear Sir, I write today to say that I cannot write
The perceived inability to write leads to an obvious contradiction -- and an existential crisis.
I'm not afraid of writing, but I am afraid of publishing
Some nameless fear stands between me and my desire to be heard.
Hey! It's National Traumatic Artistic Betrayal Week! Yay!
My big-name literary agent called me and said, "Are you sitting down?"
Graduate schools can drive you crazy
Why do arts graduate schools, in particular, bring out our vulnerabilities?
I gave up everything to be with my Russian husband and now I'm unhappy
I am a New Yorker living like a prisoner in London.
Writers, quit whining
Spare us the self-involved moaning over the agonies of your art. Writing is no harder than anything else, and the complainers should can it.
The blogger who loathed me
My cyber-nemesis had been trashing me for months. Then we met, and I had a chance to take a terrible revenge.
Feeding off rejection
Calling all unpublished writers: For a fee, Penguin Putnam will tell you how bad your manuscript is.
Ben Elton
The prolific comic genius behind "Blackadder," seven novels and four plays has been accused of going soft. He's happy to tell detractors where to stick it.
Joe Queenan
The former Spy writer and well-paid bastard hates baby boomers (their legacy: the male ponytail) with all his funny guts.
Technical difficulties
What if the damsel in distress had a cellphone or Romeo had a pager? Modern gizmos make plotting a nightmare for writers.
"Requiem for a Dream" author Hubert Selby Jr.
A modern-day Dante discusses drugs, the American nightmare and literature's last exit.
Erotica mama
I love writing about sex, but don't believe in telling kids things they aren't ready to handle.
Where everybody knows your name
"The Perfect Storm" author Sebastian Junger and pals open the latest celebrity bar in New York.
Rejection made easy
This exciting new tutorial provides quick, clear, step-by-step instructions on how to tell hopeful writers that their chances are hopeless.
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