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Joseph Finder Best Pencil in the World

Power up Your Openings: Writing Tips from Excelling in the Field of ‘Thriller’ Writing

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Writing Tips: Power Up Your Openings "In POWER PLAY and KILLER INSTINCT you had a killer opening that raised not only great story questions but high stakes in a flash-forward moment before returning to a slower paced revealing of the protagonist's…

Dream Journals: Our Sleep, Our Lives, and the Waking World

Dreams are fleeting, like birds escaping from a tree's branches in the morning. They come to us each evening, leaving an impression on us that may only last until after we've sat down for breakfast. As much as we'd like, our memory can only…
Author Renee Thompson

Write to the Point: An Interview with “Twelve Pencils” Author Renee Thompson

Last week, I had the opportunity to talk with Renee Thompson, acclaimed author The Plume Hunter and The Bridge at Valentine. Her work has appeared in Narrative Magazine and one of her recent short stories, titled "Twelve Pencils," was selected…
Poetry in the Classroom

Poetry in the Classroom

With Back to School already in full swing, teachers have undoubtedly been hard at work fine tuning their curriculum for the semester. Perhaps, some teachers are even thinking of new ways to introduce poetry into the curriculum. While there…
Bad Poetry

Bad Poetry: The Facts on Fiction

"Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possibly can. You will…

Writing Tips, Tricks, and Facts for Lefties

My niece is one of my favorite people in the whole world. She’s hilarious, energetic, and creative – and she’s also left-handed. I first noticed her left-handedness when she was writing my name on a portrait she had sketched for me. Even…

Nessie Goes to Washington D.C.

Given the peculiarities of the deep sea, its great immensity, the fact that so much of it remains unseen and unexplored, it seems fitting that so many strange stories have been told about creatures coming from the dark abyss. I for one believe…

The Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam

The Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson Yesterday marked the 203rd year since the birth of Alfred Lord Tennyson, one of the quintessential poets of the Victorian era of British literature. Alfred Lord Tennyson was born on August 6th, 1809 in Somersby,…
Memories of Anne Frank

Bearing Witness: Memories of Anne Frank

Memories of Anne Frank I will never forget the first time I read the diary of Anne Frank. I was about nine years old, and I had read about the remarkable Anne Frank in an issue of  American Girl magazine. What captured my attention about…
David Abrams

Interview: David Abrams on Comedy, the Iraq War, and Finding Your Golden Sentence

I recently sat down with David Abrams to talk about his forthcoming novel, Fobbit, a comedy about the Iraq war. David offers a glimpse into how he became a novelist, his service in the Iraq War, and how, as he puts it, “Comedy was just one…