Some of the best writing to learn from

It's extraordinarily difficult to write well in a short form. I beat my head on the desk over cover letters, pitch letters (and phone scripts!) and email pitches, just like you beat your head on the desk about query letters.

One of the ways I tune up to write those devilish things, is read really good short form writers. One of the very best is Oline Cogdill who writes at the SunSentinel and contributes to the blog there.


I read her regularly, much like I read the short book reviews in the New Yorker, as much for style and writing, as for content.