Katiaesque

  • The Three Pillars of Fiction: Desire, Truth and Change

    Last week, I talked about all the wonderful learning gems I picked up at the Vermont College of Fine Arts during my first semester. But it’s hard to include everything in one post. Here is more, and this time I’d like to get more specific. I usually don’t blog all that much about the mechanics…

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  • Are we there yet, story?

    So, here is another writing update for you. I basically have most of the manuscript back from my two loyal amazing friends who gave up such huge chunks of their time for me in the midst of their incredibly busy lives. So the verdict is — incredibly — they love it, with a few “buts,” of…

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  • Revising . . .

    When I was going through one of my many-many Castle of Concrete drafts, a little writing book by Heather Sellers called “Chapter After Chapter” helped me make it through when I was starting to doubt if I would ever get there – and by “there” I mean “anywhere.” I love Heather’s view of revision as not…

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