June 8th, 2015 Stephen King's Essay "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in 10 Minutes", Elizabeth Gilbert's Essay "Thoughts on Writing", and Neil Gaiman's essay "Where Do You Get Your Ideas?"

All three essays can be found online for free on the fabulous website, The Electric Typewriter:

http://tetw.org/Words_and_Writing

We also suggest watching two of Elizabeth Gilbert's TED talks:

https://www.ted.com/talks?q=Elizabeth+Gilbert&sort=newest

May 11, 2015 Anton Chekhov's "Ward No. 6" and "Sleepy"

April 13, 2015 Franz Kafka's The Trial

The first line of "The Trial" three translations:

"Someone must have slandered Josef K., for one morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested."
Translation by Breon Mitchell

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., for without having done anything wrong he was arrested one fine morning."
Translation by Willa and Edwin Muir

"Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested."
Translation by David Wyllie

Additional information about "The Trial":
http://www.shmoop.com/the-trial-kafka/

March 9, 2015 Mark Twain's The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut and Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell Tale Heart

February 9, 2015 Lois Lowry's The Giver

January 12, 2015 Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White

November 17, 2014 Ernest Hemingway's A Moveable Feast