February was the Cruellest Month

March 4, 2016March 9, 2016 Mari Biella10 Comments

Goodbye and good riddance, February 2016. You were a hideous month, a month that robbed us of two great writers: Umberto Eco and Harper Lee. I’m not going to attempt a critique of Eco’s and Lee’s respective contributions to literature – that’s already been done, and done far better than I could do it. This… Continue reading February was the Cruellest Month

The Writing Process

Write What You Know, or What You Love?

July 4, 2014March 8, 2016 Mari Biella8 Comments

There’s a lot of advice for writers out there, some of it very good. Joshua Wolf Shenk’s “Have the courage to write badly” is essential for any writer who doesn’t want to give in to utter despair whilst reading through their first drafts. Harper Lee’s advice to aspiring writers that they would be “wise to… Continue reading Write What You Know, or What You Love?