WHY WRITE ON SUBSTACK VERSUS GETTING AN AGENT? By Michael Mohr
Hey everyone! Before I say anything else: Please do check out my Substack writing newsletter, where I’m currently publishing my...
Alex Perez: Writer of the Hour
A writer friend of mine recently sent me a link to an interview with author Alex Perez about his experience at the Iowa Writers Workshop....
Michael Mohr’s First Blog Post Since September, 2017!
(To read my “fictional memoir” about living in East Harlem NYC during Covid check out my Substack newsletter, “Sincere American Writing”...
AUTHOR DONNA GALANTI ON DEBUT AUTHOR PLATFORM AND HOW TO MAXIMIZE VISIBILITY
I have worked with, been edited by, and spoken to Donna Galanti on many occasions. She is a kind, thoughtful, sharp-eyed author and...
HOW TO BE EDITED AS A NEW AUTHOR (OR AT ANY LEVEL, REALLY…)
A-number one advice for new writers especially: Don’t rush the process. Man oh man. How many writers approach me who think they’re going...
CREATING TENSION IN FICTION AND MEMOIR
One of the toughest things to do in fiction or creative nonfiction writing, in my professional opinion, is to create strong, believable...
THE “BREAD AND MEAT” OF WRITING
It has taken me years and years of writing my own novels, stories and nonfiction, not to mention editing countless others’ manuscripts,...
FINDING YOUR [LITERARY] VOICE
Finding your literary “voice” in writing is tough, no question. So much of it is organic, visceral, from within. What does that mean?...
INTERVIEW WITH LORI WINDSOR MOHR, AUTHOR OF THE DEBUT NOVEL, ‘THE ROAD AT MY DOOR’ (2015)
*** Note: Please also read my new piece about coping with literary rejection at MASH (click here) Lori’s novel will very soon be...
THE TWO PILLARS OF NOVEL STRUCTURE ACCORDING TO JAMES SCOTT BELL
I want to talk briefly about novel structure because, as a novel editor, I see all kinds of basic issues from the majority of the...
