The Writing Bull: a Podcast For Fearless Writers

T. C. Boyle is one of our own southern California writers, and is an international figure. You can’t pin him down, can’t... Read more

In class, the subject always comes up: should you outline your story, or not? That is, should you make a road map for yo... Read more

I interviewed Brian Greene a few years back, about his book The Fabric of the Cosmos. Now, I know this isn’t about creat... Read more

When my kids were little, I told them early on: don’t let your school get in the way of your education. Our education sy... Read more

As much as there is an art to creative writing, I also believe there is an art to reading. Most everyone can read. But m... Read more

This is a special segment of TWB podcast, called Nighttime Reading with Marcos. I read every night, and sometimes, when ... Read more

There are studies on the connection between the artistic impulse and mental illness. The best are books written by Kay R... Read more

In class, we talk a lot about aesthetics, or the study of art–both appreciating it and creating it. It’s something the w... Read more

This is an interview with memoirist and travel author Pico Iyer, about his book Sun After Dark. It is about traveling an... Read more

My first girlfriend, Nancy, gave me a journal when we were in high school. That was in 1977. Forty-one years later, I no... Read more

When I attended the Associated Writing Programs conference in Tampa, Florida in March, I sought out Latinos, because the... Read more

In this part of the novel, you get a real taste of what some of us call “internalized racism.” This is when a non-white ... Read more

So, you’ve got a great story that you want to tell. It’s all made up, complete fiction, and you’re ready and raring to h... Read more

In the first pages of the novel, we meet Antonio “Tony” McCaugh Villalobos, an Appalachian-Salvadoran writer living in K... Read more