Ruby Dixon is an author of all things science fiction romance. She is a Sagittarius and a Reylo shipper, and loves farming sims (but not actual housework). She lives in the South with her husband and a couple of goofy cats, and can’t think of anything else to put in her biography. Truly, she is boring. Learn more at RubyDixon.com, and follow her on...

Fran Lebowitz once told Jerome Robbins, resident choreographer for New York City Ballet, that he had the worst job in the world.“It would be as if I were sitting at my desk, and all the words of the dictionary were lolling around the desk, glaring at me and smoking.” (What Basketball Taught Me About Writing Microfiction.)She’s not far off base. In my...

Brian Anderson is the author of The Conjurers trilogy and several picture books. He is also an optioned screenwriter and the creator of the syndicated comic strip “Dog Eat Doug.” He lives in North Carolina with his family, which includes a herd of rescued dogs and cats. Find him at BrianAndersonWriter.com, or follow him on Instagram @dogeatdougcomics...

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I wasn’t always a slow writer. I had to train myself to be one.In graduate school, I only wrote for deadlines, avoiding writing until I had to turn in a story for workshop. After I graduated with an MFA in the early 2000s, I worked as a secretary in the office of the Creative Writing program at The New School. I considered myself a writer, but this...

As an author doing media, your goal is to be authentic, put yourself out there, and share your expertise. But that doesn’t mean everyone will respond to your content.Sometimes you’ll face skeptical anchors or interviewers who push back on what you say. It’s important to be prepared for those moments so you can handle them with poise and grace. I’ve...