The Role of a Writer in the 21st Century

I have been thinking a lot lately about my future as a writer. I am only 19, still in college, looking at career opportunities. The idea of being shuttered up in a cubicle behind a desk makes me cringe. Yet there are many who say “Ohhhhhhhhh…” with a long pause when I say I want [...]

Why the Printed Novel Will Never Die

The printed novel – the representation of mankind’s achievement of writing. The written word has been around for… a long time now (I’m not a history buff!).  The novel is actually a recent development, stemming from the compilation of mostly fictional letter writing and evolving from there into the novels that we know now, coming [...]