Impatience is the Enemy of Writers

Sometimes a story needs to sit in a drawer for a month . . . or a year. September 1, 2022 Dear Writers, Thank you for signing up for Writing with Hart: News and Opportunities for Writers. I’m so glad you’re here! I’ve been thinking a lot about the revision process this week, because I finally had

Gay Dads: It’s about Damned Time!

I grew up in the 1980s with two mothers. (I had a dad and stepmother, too, but that’s a different story.) In vain, I searched for middle-grade novels that reflected families like mine. But they simply didn’t exist. Today, middle school readers have Holly Goldberg Sloan’s and Meg Wolitzer’s absolutely charming To Night Owl from