Category: Craft of Writing
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Writing Chicago 2017
Northwestern University Summer Writing Conference: WRITING CHICAGO, August 17-19, features an exciting program of workshops, panels, and a keynote speech by Stuart Dybek. I’m delighted to lead a workshop on “Finding the Right Words, and to discuss “Indie Presses: Creating New Communities” with author Marylee MacDonald.
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Write What You Know
Writing the Next Chapter, a program in which Patricia Skalka, Joyce Zeiss, and I talk about making the transition to second careers as novelist was warmly received at the March meeting of the Society of Midland Authors. During the discussion that followed, a new writer asked about the limits of the old adage “write about what…
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At The Society of Midland Authors
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An Interview with Richard Hawley, NECESSARY FICTION
Lynn Sloan: The Three Lives of Jonathan Force (Fomite Press, February 2016) is a big novel, one that tells the story of one man’s life from beginning to end, a project that took you decades to complete. Over the years, you’ve published portions as single short stories and a volume of linked stories. You considered publishing Jonathan’s story in three separate novels,…
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Five in Bloom: Writers’ Advisory
by Juhi Singhal Karan We asked five bloomers for the best, the most helpful piece of writing advice that they’d received. Here in their own words is the bit of writing wisdom that has stayed with them over the years. Lynn SloanAbout 25 years ago, when I confessed to my intense activist friend that I wanted to…