by Eric D. Goodman | Dec 9, 2013 | Creative Non-Fiction, Of Literary Interest
I’m driving along the Pacific coast in a rented red Ford. It’s a pilgrimage of sorts. I’m headed for Salinas, searching for Steinbeck. The windows are down, the breeze cool, and the scenery sensational: mountains and valleys of dusty brown and crisp green. Another...
by Eric D. Goodman | Oct 22, 2013 | Creative Non-Fiction, Of Literary Interest, Writing
In August 2013, Atticus Books published Paper Dreams: Writers and Editors on the American Literary Magazine, a compilation of the continued history and conversations of the people who love new and interesting literature so much they spend their lives dedicated to...
by Eric D. Goodman | Aug 22, 2013 | Of Literary Interest
The literary world has suffered a loss with the death of Elmore Leonard at age 87. It seems fitting that at the time of the death he was working on his 45th novel. Writing was what he liked to do, and he did it well. In 2008, I was the public relations director for...
by Eric D. Goodman | May 1, 2012 | Of Literary Interest, Writing
ERIC D. GOODMAN ON THE SHORT STORY When I began fiction writing, I used to think the smart thing to do was to tackle the novel straight away. I knew (although I wasn’t exactly right) that a novel could get a power agent and a big-time publisher and transform a...
by Eric D. Goodman | Mar 16, 2011 | Writing
As a writer, I may strike you as the kind of guy who thinks of fonts as key. On the contrary—although my head is usually full of words, the font they’re cast in seldom enters my mind at all. That’s why it came as somewhat of a surprise when my publisher, Atticus...
