Learning to write as a journalist felt like being tossed into a raging cauldron.
WRITING LIFE: Deadlines > Doors: Writing Can Happen Anywhere by Annabelle Tometich
Category: March-April 2024
CRAFT: Say “Yes, And”: How the Rules of Improvisation Can Make You a Better Writer by Mandy Pennington
Improv, or the performance art of unplanned invention, can be a magical art form when done well.
REVIEW: The Fine Art of Literary Fist-Fighting by Lee Gutkind.
I was struck then and am struck now, having read Gutkind’s book, by the notion that confessional writing is subversive.
INTERVIEW: Penny Guisinger, Author of Shift: A Memoir of Identity and Other Illusions
Shift examines sexual and romantic fluidity while wrestling with the ways past and present mingle….
INTERVIEW: Suzanne Scanlon, Author of Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
The act of writing helps, being a writer helps…. But that doesn’t mean it ended my grief.
INTERVIEW: Steve Almond, Author of Truth is the Arrow, Mercy is the Bow: A DIY Manual for the Construction of Stories
I want the reader to feel like they are in conversation with, and spending time with, someone as neurotic as they are.
INTERVIEW: Jessica J. Lee, Author of Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
The main thing is to think carefully about the power of language.
INTERVIEW: Estelle Erasmus, Author of Writing That Gets Noticed
Estelle Erasmus takes readers through the process, from writing to querying to contracts.
Day 1 of 1,000 by Jeanne Malmgren
As he walks into the classroom, no one takes notice.
And you suddenly get why adrenaline junkies chase this rush by Abby Alten Schwartz
You’re on your knees, breathing hard, heel of one hand against the center of his chest…
