The best advice is the kind that makes you (me!) laugh. Don’t go on the Internet, even if it’s to jog your memory or to fact-check something you or the Muse has said. You can fact-check later with…
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How to Get the Muse to Visit – The Millions
Tagged with: craft, creative writing, hannah gersen, literary creation, Muse, The Millions, writing, writing advice
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On the Undeniable Lure of the Historic Literary Home ‹ Literary Hub
“Houses, much like people, have a public and a private identity…” Elizabeth Brooks on the way old houses stimulate the novelist’s imagination. I note that all the examples of writers inspired by old houses Brooks offers–Agatha Christie, Charlotte Brontë, Daphne…
Tagged with: agatha christie, Charlotte Bronte, creative writing, Daphne du Maurier, Elizabeth Brooks, estates, literary creation, novel, old houses, stately homes, women, writing
Posted in What I'm Reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
Tillie Olsen, Author of Tell Me a Riddle | LiteraryLadiesGuide
Since I posted yesterday about Virginia Woolf and how A Room of One’s Own made me think of Tillie Olsen’s Silences, I wanted to post Olsen’s biography from the Literary Ladies site today. I remember being moved by Olsen’s Tell…
Tagged with: creative writing, literary creation, literary history, Literary Ladies, tillie olsen, Virginia Woolf, women, women's work, writing
Posted in What I'm Reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
A Room of One’s Own and Time to Think
This posting from Literary Ladies is about Virginia Woolf, but I find myself thinking about Tillie Olsen. I think they were from the same era–perhaps Olsen was a little younger. But of very different economic classes. I don’t think that…
Tagged with: 1930s, fiction, literary creation, literary history, Literary Ladies, tillie olsen, Virginia Woolf, women, women's work, writing, writing advice
Posted in What I'm Reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
Dirty secrets are the truest secrets.
A dirty secret: you can only be a writer if you can afford it | Life and style | The Guardian There is nothing more sustaining to long-term creative work than time and space – and these things cost money…
Tagged with: creative writing, fiction, literary creation, women, writing, writing advice, writing process
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What artists can do is bring stories to the table that are unshakably true—the sort of stories that, once you’ve heard them, won’t let you return to what you thought before. Lin-Manuel Miranda
What artists can do is bring stories to the table that are unshakably true—the sort of stories that, once you’ve heard them, won’t let you return to what you thought before. Source: Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Power of Art –…
Tagged with: Broadway, Lin-Manuel Miranda, literary creation, musicals, politics, politics and art, theater, writing
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I’ve still got a long way to go, but I’m already anticipating the downside.
I Just Published a Book: Why Am I Depressed? | Poets & Writers A debut memoirist speaks up about post-publication blues and offers some suggestions for how to cure them. Source: I Just Published a Book: Why Am I Depressed?…
Tagged with: Jessica Berger Gross, literary creation, Poets and Writers, writing, writing advice, writing process
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To boost creativity, create a schedule.
James Clear is a source of many smart ideas about productivity, habit formation, and personal change. The Myth of Creative Inspiration: Great Artists Don’t Wait for Motivation The work of top creatives isn’t dependent upon motivation or creative inspiration. Rather,…
Tagged with: creative writing, habits, James Clear, literary creation, schedule, writing advice, writing process
Posted in Tools and Tips, What I'm Reading
Posted in Tools and Tips, What I'm Reading
Advice worth repeating from Octavia Butler
I just wish this article weren’t riddled with typos. Nonetheless, it’s well worth reading if you can overlook them. I listened to Kindred recently (per her advice, I listen to recorded books during my almost daily walks) and found it…
Tagged with: Afro-futurism, books, creative writing, fiction, literary creation, Octavia Butler, science fiction, women, writing, writing advice, writing process
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Posted in What I'm Reading
She wrote one of my favorite books
I dread the question, “What’s your favorite book?” because for me it’s always changing. It’s often something I’ve read recently because it’s fresh in my mind and something about it surprised me. But one novel that has been on my…
