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Zombies can bring your fiction to life

Always hungry for success, storytellers have latched onto the popularity of zombies. A top practitioner tells you why, and shares tips for putting these ‘mindless monsters’ to work in your writing.

Zombies are hot. Well, technically they’re room temperature, but in terms of what they can do for your writing career, they’re red-hot.Zombie novels a... More »
With London Writers
From The Writer archives
Lew Vanderpoole, a contributor in the earliest years of The Writer, writes about his encounters with other London writers, including Charles Dickens, ... More »
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Editor's Notes: As we worked on this issue
As we worked on this issue of The Writer, a fascinating theme emerged. Of course, our primary theme is always craft. But as the stories you’re abo...
Editor's Notes: The choice to live and work as a writer
The choice to live and work as a writer is a tricky one. When we’re on a successful jag, we crank it out with guts and gusto. When we’re not succe...
Editor's Notes: The Holy Grail of Publication
Ever since writers have produced manuscripts, they have searched for the Holy Grail of publication. While the process has rarely been easy and alm...
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Joyce Carol Oates on blogging
Ron Kovach
At her website, novelist Justine Musk passes along some comment from Joyce Carol Oates that may surprise you. She offers an account from a... Read more »
' … A world that can’t stop talking'
Ron Kovach
Calling all introverts, or half-introverts! (I’d guess one of those phrases accurately describes a majority of the thoughtful, book-wormish rea... Read more »
Writing help is on the way
Sarah C. Lange
If you are having trouble finishing a writing project—or getting one started—the May 2012 issue of The Writer magazine, on newsstands... Read more »
Biographer Robert Caro a force of nature
Ron Kovach
Chances are, serious fans of biography keep on eye on the writer who is one of the greatest practitioners in that genre, Robert Caro. The fourth vol... Read more »
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