Author Archive: Deborah Batterman
Did You Write The Same Novel Twice?
It’s been said that writers have one story to tell. I don’t know that I agree, but I do know there may be underlying, compelling themes that crop up in story after story, and even characters seem to demand more life. They live in our heads, after all. They have more to tell us. Just […]
Facebook: Love It or Leave It?
Back in February a writer/friend, Donna Zukaitis Falcone, posted a question on Facebook: Building a platform as a writer: Can it be done without Facebook in the 21st century anymore? Do the old tried and true ways still work in a digital age? She sparked a lively conversation, and it struck an especially resonant chord […]
Is It Chick Lit? Is It Not Chick Lit? What Do We Call It?
In The Writer on Her Work, Vol. 1, an essay collection edited by Janet Sternburg and published in 1980, Mary Gordon writes, “I have been told by male but not by female critics that my work was ‘exquisite,’ ‘lovely,’ ‘like a watercolor.’ They, of course, were painting in oils. They were doing important work.” Three […]
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