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Five Weeks To Book Launch And How My Writing Practice Keeps Me Grounded
I am a woman with many morning practices, from skin care to yoga and meditation to blending a perfected breakfast smoothie, from walking my dog to writing long hand in my journal. Needless to say, I need to rise and shine pretty early in order to squeeze in these beloved rituals. Very often, I laugh […]
Why Working Out Is Imperative For Writers And Their Writing
When we talk about writers and the creative life, we rarely talk about their wellness. If anything, brokenness, misery, pain, and being broke are often romanticized. We associate chai and wine with writing, which is all fun! But I wish we had more proactive conversations around writers’ physical and mental health. I want to see […]
When Your Brain is the Enemy: Life as a Writer with ADHD
Writing and publishing a novel is an accomplishment few achieve, and those who do know how much work it is to make it to ‘the end.’ Countless hours of inspiration, plotting, writing, editing, re-editing, pulling one’s hair out, self-doubt, critique, and finally—finally—something ready to send out into the world. Now imagine doing all that when […]
When Penny Met Brutus
If your dog’s charm dwarfs your own, you’re in good company. I humbly admit that my dog Penny is cuter, wittier and a better cook. Not only that, but Penny’s love for the Connecticut River waterfront and its fans is so powerful that my life is forever changed. Admittedly, I’ve only had a dog for […]
‘Love, Heather’: This Isn’t Your Mamma’s High School
The main character of my new book, ‘Love, Heather’(Crooked Lane Books, coming out Oct 8th) is Stevie. She is an insufferable know-it-all, she’s funny, she’s infuriating, and she loves 80s and 90s movies. I loved writing Stevie, and she really was drawn from parts of me, and also added to parts of me in that […]
The Impatient Dr. Lange: An Excerpt
Five years ago this July, pro-Russian rebels shot a commercial plane from the sky killing all 298 people on board and slowing the development of a cure for HIV. In The Impatient Dr. Lange, Pulitzer-finalist Dr. Seema Yasmin tells the story of her mentor, Dr. Joep Lange––a shrewd Dutch HIV doctor and scientist who was […]
On Being A Published Author: The Fantasy Versus the Reality
The irony of releasing a second (or third, or fourth) book into the wild is that there is almost zero time left to create the words that allowed you to release a book. This is not something people tell you about in those blissfully ignorant unpublished years, when your fantasies about being published may include […]
Fear Itself By Erica Ferencik
Oprah chose Erica Ferencik’s debut novel, The River at Night as a #1 Pick, calling the book “the page-turning novel you’ve been waiting for, a heart-pounding debut.” Entertainment Weekly named it a “must read, a harrowing…a visceral, white knuckle rush.” Miramax has recently optioned the novel for film. The New York Times Book Review called Into the Jungle, one woman’s terrifying journey of survival in […]
BECOMING A WRITER: MAVIS CHEEK
Mavis Cheek is the critically-acclaimed author of sixteen novels including Amenable Women, Aunt Margaret’s Lover and award-winning Pause Between Acts. This summer, these three titles will be re-issued with new forewords written by Mavis, together with newly designed jackets. They are being published by Psychology News and distributed by Vine House Distribution. We are delighted to feature Mavis on our […]
Writing Needs Solitude AND Community, or How I Manage to Keep On Keeping On
Because I am the director of a small press and of a national reading series, as well as an author, I’m often asked how I manage it all. When it comes to WTAW Press and Why There Are Words, I wear every hat conceivable in the organization I founded. I publish, edit, and market and […]
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