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“We are all pawns of history.” ~ from Safekeeping by Jessamyn Hope One of my all-time favorite quotes about story comes from E.L. Doctorow in his lecture, “Biography in Fiction” (available as a podcast from CUNY), where he says, “What is the past if not the present and the future?” He’s talking about historical fiction, but his quote speaks to the importance …
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Since 2010, I’ve interviewed 50 authors about their novels, memoirs, collections of short stories, poetry, and more. In these Q&A’s, we’ve talked things like influences of the universe, how change is inevitable, and that rats are not all bad. Plus, there’s plenty of advice on writing throughout the whole bunch. Now, you can find links to these past …
There are acts that happen upon us, and moments that happen for no reason, and if we are to survive what comes our way to finish our rotations around the sun…then we who are able must deliver ourselves from the aftermath to where we need to go. it was true with the serpent in the …
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