Novel Matters

You hear it all the time, authors saying they don’t like promoting their own work, that it takes time away from writing, that they would ...

We have great things planned for you after the weekend for the five days (three posts) we have dubbed "Promotion Week." Expect ...

An interesting thing happened on my way back from a family reunion two weeks ago. At the end of a very long five hour flight (redundancy...

A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. ...

Yesterday wasn't what I'd planned. It was day five of a rip-roaring migraine that required a trip to the doc and the ER. And I had s...

It wouldn’t surprise you, would it, if I told you my two sons  were exceptional? Even if you disagreed - if you’d met them and hadn’t fin...

This year Novel Matters is asking the question, “Why does the novel matter?” We’re asking this of ourselves, and of you our readers. We’ve a...