We all know there is no single way to write a novel. There are quick-drafters and slow-revisers, people who sweat every word but are basically done when they reach the end, and people who need to get to the end to have the first clue about what they really were trying to say all along, […]
Andromeda: When to burn or bury, when to revise again, with a nod to Jeffrey Eugenides Read More »
I returned from my first MFA residency two weeks ago, but haven’t blogged about it: in part because we have so many great contributors who fill our pages; in part because I’m still processing what I experienced; in part because too much happened to cover in a single blogpost of reasonable length. (So she explained,
It’s summer conference time, and though I’m staying home this year, I’m counting on the rest of you to share what you’re learning over the next month or so, so we can make our Wednesdays at 49W a little more interactive. I loved yesterday’s post on the BEA by poet Ken Waldman — and that’s
Lessons from Eugenides and a call for conference notes Read More »
