Recently, I wrote a post on the roller coaster ride of novel writing — about the highs from the little successes and the lows of constant uncertainty. I battled my self doubts about the novel I’m trying to write (a story about a woman named Millie) by focusing on better character development, reassessing plot points, …
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On Stanley Kunitz, Memoir, and Fiction
Sitting in my critique group the other night, it was Stanley Kunitz who came to mind as we discussed the challenges in writing memoir. Not because Stanley Kunitz wrote memoir, but because his poem, The Layers, seemed to answer the question of how to write memoir. How does a writer condense decades of one’s life …
The Mother, The Writer: History repeats itself.
When I was pregnant with my first child, experienced parents approached me and my rounded belly and always smiled an empathetic smile. One by one, they hinted at what I was in for once that baby arrived: no sleep, life as I knew it would be over, and the crying…oh the crying. I heard them, …
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