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The Next Big Thing: Her Current Project
Today I’m happy to host my friend and colleague Monica Wesolowska on this blog. Her answers show her gift for startling imagery, emotional acuity, and just darned good writing. Her book, Holding Silvan (publication March 2013), is gorgeous. Also, today, … Continue reading
Posted in agents, community, craft, writing, writing groups
Tagged agent persistence, An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination, Arroyo Literary Review, book titles, death, death of a child, Elizabeth McCracken, Genevieve Jurgensen, grief, Hawthorne Books, Holding Silvan, Isabel Allende, letting a child die, loss of children, medical complications during childbirth, medical ethics, memoir, Monica Wesolowska, naming children, Paula, Peggy Orenstein, Pisgah Review, Romeo and Juliet, story submissions, talking about death, The Disappearance, Watiting for Daisy
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It’s Only A Dream
When I was in third grade, my class took a field trip to Kirby Cove, a small rocky beach just west of the north side of the Golden Gate Bridge. To get there, we had to walk—or in my case, … Continue reading
Done Yet?
When people ask me what I’m working on these days, I tell them the truth: my novel. And then I get cagey. Questions inevitably follow, questions like, “How’s that going?” Or “the same one?” Or “Must be about done by … Continue reading
Posted in agents, craft, writing, writing groups
Tagged agent, Gilead, Lindsey Crittenden, memoir, novel, novel-writing, rejection, revision, The Water Will Hold You, VIDA, women writers
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The Gift of the Tortilla
At writers’ group last week, I mentioned how hard it is to get back to work after breaking for lunch. “Bring a snack in with you,” Monica said. “Then you can keep going until two or three.” She smiled: “I … Continue reading
Posted in writing, writing groups
Tagged "Bees for Honey, bread, Davis, Dixon, dough, El Burro, flour tortillas, I-80, inspiration for scene, Juanita Lane, kneading bread, Lindsey Crittenden, Main Street, Mexican restaurant, Micaela's tortillas, San Francisco, snacks, Sutro tower, The View from Below, TIburon, tortillas, UFW, United Farm Workers, writers' groups, writing retreats, writing scene, writing schedule, writing snacks
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Some of My Best Friends Write Fiction
It’s true. It’s also true that some of the most difficult interactions I’ve had in recent years have been with fiction writers. Here’s an ugly little not-so-secret fact: Fiction writers are competitive. Fiction writers aren’t always straightforward, or sincere. We’re … Continue reading
Posted in agents, community, writing, writing groups
Tagged competition, fiction writers, fiction writing, insecurity, jealousy, Lindsey Crittenden, MFA programs, poets, readings, residencies
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