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Will Write for Food

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Lindsey Crittenden

A guy I knew in grad school used to wear a T-shirt with those four words on the front. Every time he wore it, the rest of us gave knowing chuckles. The statement aptly captured two assumptions of student life: … Continue reading →

Posted in agents, teaching, writing | Tagged blog posts, blogging, bloodbath, Conde Nast, Facebook, Facebook followers, grad school, grad students, Huffington Post, HuffPo, Lindsey Crittenden, magazine writing, social media, The Water Will Hold You, Twitter followers, Writers@Work, writing for free, writing for pay, writing income, writing profession | 2 Comments

The Many Faces of Mollie

Posted on August 10, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

When I was in junior high, I wrote stories about a girl named Kim Swanson. I named her Kim because I wanted a name like “Kim”—popular, cute, perky. I wanted to fit in, to belong. “Lindsey” stuck out—I know, it’s … Continue reading →

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If I Gave a Reading in the Forest, and No Tree Fell, Would Anyone Buy a Copy of My Book?*

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

While in grad school, some seventeen years ago, I taught my first class and gave my first public reading. Both were nerve-wracking—I practiced for days, reading aloud from pages marked up with little arrows and accent marks. You know, slow … Continue reading →

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Posted on July 29, 2011 by Lindsey Crittenden

Two weeks ago, I heard Daniel Coshnear talk on “The Balanced Life.” It was the final day of UC Berkeley Extension’s Fiction Writing Intensive, and we’d gathered four panelists to talk about Where to Go From Here: Sustaining the Momentum. … Continue reading →

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