http://writethebook.podbean.com A podcast for writers and curious readers, featuring interviews with authors, poets, agents, editors, and illustrators. "Write The Book is a wonderful writing resource." Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:39:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interview with Elaine Sopchak, former owner of the Book Rack and Children's Pages and founder of Vermont Voices Marketing Firm. Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the work of my guest, Elaine Sopchak, former owner of the sadly now-closed independent bookstore, The Book Rack and Children's Pages. ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/11/10/write-the-book-72-11909-elaine-sopchak/ Interview with Thea Lewis, Vermont author of Haunted Burlington: Spirits of Vermont's Queen City, and founder of the Queen City Ghost Walk. Prompt: This week's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Thea Lewis. Write from the perspective of a ghost. How would it be ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/10/27/write-the-book-71-102609-thea-lewis/ Interview with Christopher Noël , Vermont author of fiction and nonfiction, Sasquatch Investigator and owner of the Tall Rock Retreat in East Calais. Prompt: This week's Write The Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Christopher Noël . During the show, Chris mentioned that writers should ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/10/19/write-the-book-70-101909-christopher-noel/ Interview with Tanya Lee Stone, Vermont author of picture books, novels and nonfiction books for children, young readers and teens. Her latest is Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared To Dream. Prompt: This week's Write The Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Tanya Lee Stone. Write about an embarrassing moment, ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/10/13/write-the-book-69-101209-tanya-lee-stone/ Interview with Philip Graham, fiction and cnf writer and co-founder of the journal Ninth Letter. Prompt: This week's Write The Book Prompt is inspired by a passage from Philip Graham's new book, The Moon, Come to Earth, published by The University of Chicago Press. The following is the book's ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/10/05/write-the-book-68-100509-philip-graham/ Interview with Novelist and Middlebury College Professor Robert Cohen Prompt: This week's Write The Book Prompt is inspired by the interview you heard today with Robert Cohen. First, let me remind you of a sentence of prose from his latest book, Amateur Barbarians: "The room, the very world, ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/09/29/write-the-book-67-92809-robert-cohen/ Interview with Vermont Writer Rowan Jacobsen Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard with Rowan Jacobsen. In his book, The Living Shore, Rowan talks about children at play being "powerhouses of creativity." He refers to the science essayist Lewis Thomas, who suggests that earliest language ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/09/14/write-the-book-66-91409-rowan-jacobsen/ Interview with Vermont Writer Doug Wilhelm Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard with Doug Wilhelm. The crux of this prompt is find out what you don't know. And the advice is really twofold. First of all, decide if you need to do more research ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/09/08/write-the-book-65-9709-doug-wilhelm/ Interview with Writer and upstreet Editor and Publisher Vivian Dorsel Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Vivian Dorsel. During our conversation, she mentioned an exercise that she likes (by Natalie Goldberg). A similar activity might be to try writing the words "I ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/09/03/write-the-book-64-83109-vivian-dorsel/ Interview with Vermont Psychologist and Author Arnold Kozak Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Arnold Kozak. The thirtieth metaphor for mindfulness in his book, Wild Chickens and Petty Tyrants, begins this way: "In many Buddhist works, the mind and the self are ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/08/24/write-the-book-63-82409-arnold-kozak/ Interview with Pulitzer Prize Winner Richard Russo Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Richard Russo. The title of his new book, That Old Cape Magic, refers at least in part to those things we wish for and can not ever have. What ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/08/07/write-the-book-62-8709-richard-russo/ Interview with award-winning poet Natasha Saje Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Natasha Saje, who occasionally turns to the dictionary for inspiration. Open a dictionary to a random page. Run your finger down a column of text, paying attention to the first ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/08/04/write-the-book-61-8309-natasha-saje/ Interview with best-selling author Mary McGarry Morris Prompt: Today's Write The Book prompt was inspired by the interview you heard today with Mary McGarry Morris, who says that when she's developing a character, she tries to think the way that character thinks and have empathy for that person, no matter how ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/07/27/write-the-book-60-72709-mary-mcgarry-morris/ Interview with the poet Clare Rossini. Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt is inspired by the interview you heard today. Clare Rossini’s poem “BIOLOGY LAB, ST. JOSEPH’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS” concerned just that, a biology class at a Catholic high school for girls. Your prompt for this week, then, is to ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/07/13/write-the-book-59-71309-clare-rossini/ Interview with Sue William Silverman, author of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You; Love Sick: One Woman's Journey Through Sexual Addiction; and the new book, Fearless Confessions: A Guide to Writing Memoir. Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt comes from my guest, Sue William Silverman, who included it ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/07/06/write-the-book-58-7609-sue-william-silverman/ Interview with Vermont Children's Novelist Marilyn Taylor McDowell. Today’s Write The Book Prompt was inspired by my guest, Marilyn Taylor McDowell, who says writers should never edit out the truth. Susan Sontag once wrote, “Literature is a form of responsibility—to literature itself and to society. … a great writer of fiction, ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/07/01/write-the-book-57-62909-marilyn-taylor-mcdowell/ Interview from the archives - with Vermont Mystery Writer Archer Mayor. This week’s Write The Book Prompt was inspired by my conversation with mystery writer Archer Mayor. Consider your current writing project. Is it possible that a mystery might exist within the pages of your story, poem or novel? Even if ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/06/22/write-the-book-archives-56-62209-archer-mayor/ Interview with Vermont Children's Book Author and Illustrator Sarah Dillard. Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt was inspired by my guest’s perfect character, Arugula! and by the writer Anne Lamott, who views perfectionism as “the oppressor.” In her book Bird by Bird, Some Instructions on Writing and Life, Lamott writes, “perfectionism ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/06/02/write-the-book-54-6109-sarah-dillard/ Interview with Vermont children's novelist Kimberly K. Jones. Prompt: Today's Write The Book Prompt was inspired by my guest, Kimberly K. Jones, who said that she works to better understand characters she’s having trouble with. If possible, she tries to find some point of connection between herself and a character she ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/05/25/write-the-book-53-52509-kimberly-k-jones/ Interview with Vermont novelist Jim DeFilippi. Prompt: Today’s Write The Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Jim DeFilippi, who suggests trying what he calls “a George V. Higgins.” Rather than writing a particular scene head on, perhaps let the reader find out about an event in a secondhand way. ... http://writethebook.podbean.com/2009/05/18/write-the-book-52-51809-jim-defilippi/