by Laura Robbins | Aug 14, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
“I have no doubt in my soul that you will write a story that bares your soul. The story that broke your heart and mended it. Your words have the power to heal and to make readers heard. The story you choose to write will be one that only you can write, that can...
by Dana Mich | Jun 26, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
I am in the middle of writing an essay that spans a full twenty-nine of my thirty-two years of life. It hinges on an event that happened three Thanksgivings ago, but reaches as far back as my third birthday and as far forward as—well—now. And it is here, half-way...
by Athena Dixon | Apr 25, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
Michael. Christopher. John. Jamal. Ethan. Oliver. Jack. My friend, Angie, tells me to name it. She tells me to give this doubt a name and tell it to shut the fuck up. She is much bolder than I can ever hope to be, but each time she calls there is a reminder and a...
by Lynn Hall | Feb 27, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
Lynn Hall, author of Caged Eyes When I published my memoir two years ago, the initial weeks of interviews and events were every bit as joy-filled as I’d imagined. Manhattan dinners with my agent, NPR interviews, book signings, and even an Op-Ed in the New York Times....
by Reema Zaman | Jan 30, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
I wrote I Am Yours as a love letter of comfort and strength for survivors of trauma of any kind, and as a call to action to our allies, an invitation for their empathy, so that we may join together to heal and evolve as a human family. I wrote I Am Yours to provide...
by Lara Lillibridge | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, The Craft Column
“One of the last taboos is writing about children,” my workshop leader said. I found this ridiculous. I was a mommy blogger. My closest friends were mommy bloggers. I knew many women who wrote about children, and said as much. “The internet goes dark when children...
