The main thing is to think carefully about the power of language.
INTERVIEW: Jessica J. Lee, Author of Dispersals: On Plants, Borders, and Belonging
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INTERVIEW: Estelle Erasmus, Author of Writing That Gets Noticed
Estelle Erasmus takes readers through the process, from writing to querying to contracts.
INTERVIEW: Mimi Zieman, Author of Tap Dancing on Everest : A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
One of the metaphors I use…is thinking about my path to Everest as a dashed line on a hiking trail map.
INTERVIEW: Peg Alford Pursell, Founder of Betty Books
Our interview with Peg Alford Pursell gives a peek into the publishing process at Betty Books.
REVIEW: Splinters by Leslie Jamison
Splinters follows the twisted, unexpected journey of becoming a new parent.
REVIEW: The Hurricane Book: A Lyric History by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñones
The Hurricane Book by Claudia Acevedo-Quiñonesis a hybrid memoir and history of her family and Puerto Rico
WRITING LIFE: I’m a Writer with Mental Illness: How I Work Through, With It by Molly Bilinski
Falling asleep after my mother died was difficult.
CRAFT: Sentiment & Sentimentality by Ellen Bass
Although we want to evoke sensation and make it possible for the reader to feel, we don’t want to fall into sentimentality.
REVIEW: The Sky Was Falling: A Young Surgeon’s Notes on Bravery, Survival, and Hope by Dr. Cornelia Griggs
A surgical resident’s memoir of the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic is an uncompromising account from healthcare’s front lines.
INTERVIEW & REVIEW: Sue William Silverman, Author of Acetylene Torch Songs
There’s a difference between truth and fact. Sure, we can’t just make stuff up, so CNF is rooted in actual experience.
