Novel Writing Postpartum
Elizabeth Earley I’ll repeat what I said the last time: It’s hard to write a novel. I start out by shrugging off the future embarrassment I’ll feel, having no idea that my thinking isn’t anything but...
View ArticleTo Write, or Not To Write…
Aimee Stahlberg Whenever something really big happens in my life, writing something new feels scary, unappealing, and disastrous. I shouldn’t do it. I can’t do it. I can rewrite, but if something too...
View ArticleIs Yo’ Mama Busy?
Sheree Greer I know, I know. People get all sensitive when we start talking about Mamas, and I’d love to say that I’m not being rude, but I kinda am. That’s right, I’m channeling my inner-Pharcyde on...
View ArticleI Think I Was a Lot Smarter When I Was Unhappy.
Jessie Morrison Recently, a friend from my writer’s group called me out for not producing work with the regularity he’d come to expect from me. “I think I was a lot smarter when I was unhappy,” I told...
View ArticleGetting ‘Meta’ about the Graphic Novel
Kurt Kennedy It’s time for me to take a ‘meta’ approach with the Laying Lincoln Down graphic novel. One of the requirements of having received a Weisman grant from Columbia College is to prepare a...
View ArticleTime Flies…When You’re Working with Teens
Aimee Stahlberg I promised myself that I would find time to write during the seven weeks that I was Stage Manager for a group of 20 teenagers. I swore to myself I would get at least two more chapters...
View ArticleWith My Feet in the Air and My Head on the Ground
Sheree Greer I’ve been feeling peculiar. Walking around my house and across campus feeling weird, awkward. Like maybe my legs are on backwards or my arms are too long and my elbows don’t work. I...
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