Brett Ann Stanciu - Interview #379 (12/21/15)
Posted in , Writing, Fiction, Novels, Farming, Family, Vermont on Dec 21st, 2015 Comments
Vermont author Brett Ann Stanciu, author of Hidden View (Green Writers Press).
Posted in , Writing, Fiction, Novels, Farming, Family, Vermont on Dec 21st, 2015 Comments
Vermont author Brett Ann Stanciu, author of Hidden View (Green Writers Press).
Posted in , Writing, Fiction, YA Fiction, Novels, Addiction on Dec 19th, 2015 Comments
Gary Lee Miller interviews Ellen Hopkins, author most recently of Traffick (Margaret K. McElderry Books).
Music credits: "I Could Write a Book," by the Boston-based band, Possum.
Posted in , DefaultTag, Writing, Memoir, Family, Dogs, Depression on Dec 9th, 2015 Comments
Julie Barton, author of the new memoir Dog Medicine (Think Piece).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt was suggested by my guest, Julie Barton, and is based on “Wild Writing” work she has done with San Francisco writing coach Laurie Wagner (who leads online workshops as well as well as bay area classes). Julie says that “wild writing” is a phenomenal writing practice. Here’s the basic assignment: write by hand. Read any one of the following poems (follow the links to read them), and then write for 15 minutes, allowing your read of that poem to inspire you. Write as fast as possible, and even as poorly as possible, without thinking. By letting your subconscious lead the way, you’ll be more likely to access work you might otherwise never have gotten to.These are the poems that Julie recommends:
Good luck with this exercise and please listen next week for another.
Posted in , Writing, Children's Books, Fiction, Animals on Dec 1st, 2015 Comments
Award-winning children's author Kate Messner. Since our interview, she has published many new books, including a few in her new Ranger In Time series (Scholastic), about a time-traveling golden retriever.
Good luck with this exercise and please listen next week for another.