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Editors, Writers, Publishers: Theory on Payment

Business of Books, GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 11, 2020payment, getting paid, business of writing, writer, writing, money, payComment

Patricia Bosworth: The Men in MY Life

Art, Books, Good Writing and Writers, Why I writeJames BuchananMay 11, 2020Patricia Bosworth, The Men in My Life, writing, memoir, Covid 19Comment

Sex/Sexual Psyche/Erotica

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananApril 22, 2020Sex, sexual, psyche, erotica, character development, writingComment

Coronavirus, Isolation, Reading

Books, Good Writing and Writers, LifeJames BuchananMarch 19, 2020coronavirus, reading, social, isolation, writing, lifeComment

Publishing: The Insular, Professional Reading Class

Books, Business of BooksJames BuchananDecember 21, 2019Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens, New York Times, writing, publishing, book market Comment

Cecelia Ahern: Write a Book a Year

GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 11, 2019Cecelia Ahern, writing, productivity, adviceComment

National Book Award Challenge

Books, Heart of WritingJames BuchananJuly 21, 2019National Book Award, Fiction, writingComment

Religion and Losing the Golden Rule

Heart of Writing, LifeJames BuchananNovember 6, 2017Karen Armstrong, Golden Rule, writing, religion, universal archetypeComment

Photo Books and Character Details

Characterization, Description, GuidanceJames BuchananJanuary 9, 2017photos, character, characterization, Vivian Maier, writing, fiction, nonfictionComment

Agents Can Be... Well... Painful to Deal With

Finding an Agent, My StuffJames BuchananFebruary 22, 2016Agents, rudeness, rejection, handle rejection, rely on intuition, fiction, nonfiction, writingComment

Wintertime Koselig (Coziness)

LifeJames BuchananJanuary 6, 2016winter, koselig, coziness, Norway, writing, fiction, nonfictionComment

The Wild Reeds

MusicJames BuchananJanuary 5, 2016music, writing, Wild ReedsComment

Revising for Show Don't Tell

Characterization, GuidanceJames BuchananNovember 25, 2015Revision, writing, fiction, nonfiction, narrative, narrative nonfiction, John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, funny storyComment

Jane Smiley on Writer's Discipline

GuidanceJames BuchananSeptember 21, 2015Jane Smiley, flow state, writing, disciplineComment

Alice Walker Interview

InterviewJames BuchananAugust 14, 2015Alice Walker, The Color Purple, interview, Love, politics, writing, the life of a writerComment

Faith & Reason

QuotesJames BuchananAugust 14, 2015Jon Stewart, Joseph Campbell, God, spirituality, writing, character, motivation, Faith, The Sun, literary journalComment

A Good Cabin

True Experiences, My StuffJames BuchananAugust 10, 2015writing, cabin, retreat, simplify, ThoreauComment

Toni Morrison: On Writing The Bluest Eye

Interview, Good Writing and WritersJames BuchananJuly 30, 2015Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye, emotions, writing, fiction, narrative, theme Comment

Palahniuk: Let Yourself Not Know

Structure, GuidanceJames BuchananJuly 15, 2015Chuck Palahniuk, advice for writers, writing, fight clubComment

Cheryl Strayed: The Universal Voice

QuotesJames BuchananJune 30, 2015Cheryl Strayed, quote, Wild, writing, memoir, narrative nonfictionComment