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Monthly Archives: November 2011
One Fewer Thing
There will be no post Friday, November 25. Happy Thanksgiving! Those three words have been my mantra this week, something my husband has reminded me of as he leaves in the morning and as we talk midafternoon. I work from home – writing in the mornings; teaching and related tasks in the afternoon – so I have a tendency to think I can do a few loads of laundry, organize my messy desk, make soup, and still get a chapter cranked out by noon. And the afternoons? When did shopping for food start to take so much time? Why does … Continue reading
Posted in writing
Tagged crisis, hot springs, imagery, Lindsey Crittenden, narrative puzzles, NY Times Book Review, parking places, Poets & Writers, revision, syntax, work habits, writing
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Some of My Best Friends Write Fiction
It’s true. It’s also true that some of the most difficult interactions I’ve had in recent years have been with fiction writers. Here’s an ugly little not-so-secret fact: Fiction writers are competitive. Fiction writers aren’t always straightforward, or sincere. We’re good at manipulation on the page, after all; what’s to keep it from spilling over into real life? Someone once said to me, only half-kidding, that she prefers poets as friends because poets aren’t cut-throat. There’s no money in poetry, so they don’t have to be. Anyone who has spent time in an MFA program or at a residency knows … Continue reading
Posted in agents, community, writing, writing groups
Tagged competition, fiction writers, fiction writing, insecurity, jealousy, Lindsey Crittenden, MFA programs, poets, readings, residencies
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Back In the Saddle
My husband has a friend who falls in love every week. Ed meets women at parties or around town, talks (or not) with them, and falls. Sometimes hard, sometimes not so hard – but either way, regardless of what transpires, he’s a goner. Until the woman lets him know she’s not interested, until a dud first date, until the relationship sours. And then he’s out the next weekend, falling all over again. This resiliency in romanticism amazes my husband and me. Ed gets back on the horse, but my husband and I, when disappointed in love, went off and nursed … Continue reading
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Tagged agents, friendship, Lindsey Crittenden, memoir, novel, rejection, resilience in romance, revision. Gilead, submitting manuscripts, The Water Will Hold You
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