by AnnSheybani | Jul 18, 2026 | Writing
Last weekend I was at a conference for book promotion and marketing. Which means I spent two days in a room full of book people — authors, publishers, marketers, the kind of crowd that shows up to the airport with three paperbacks in their carry-on just in case. And...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 13, 2026 | Reading
Long ago, the private high school my daughter attended had a wonderful yearly tradition. At the beginning of summer, they’d mail a reading list–a compilation of each teacher’s favorite books–to the house. Now, I’m sure the design was to...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 1, 2026 | Writing
I’m going to tell you about the worst nap I never took. Stick with me — this is about your manuscript, I promise. A few years back Walt and I were on Denali, in Alaska, five days into the climb. Eighty-pound pack on my back. Dragging a sled behind me with...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 28, 2026 | Writing
When I first started calling myself a writing instructor, shared my thoughts on the topic in black and white, I was convinced every writer I’d ever met—in a workshop, at grad school, out there in social media land—would see me for the fraud I feared myself to...
by AnnSheybani | Jun 22, 2026 | Life, Writing
If you attended Deep Write Saturday, then you know all about writing prompts, which I offered up in case you didn’t know which direction to go. Writing prompts are a great way to unstick yourself, particularly when you’re trying to work linearly. I decided to take my...
