About Fiction

Author Talk: David Santos Donaldson

May 16, 2023

Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols

Our wide-ranging discussion of identity, colonialism, and literary ancestors took us into the inner landscape of a transformative novel.

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Author Talk: Richard Zimler

Mar 22, 2023

Podcast Interview with Martha Nichols

Our conversation, like this novel about family relationships and survival across the generations, traveled many threads, both spiritual and artistic.

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On Writing Another Novel

Nov 14, 2022

Essay by Rebecca Steinitz

It’s particularly hard when it takes so long to arrive back where you started: as a writer who has never published a novel.

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Ready or Not

Oct 04, 2021

Essay by Joan Frank

After a stunned period, I resumed querying agents. What else was there to do?

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When the Pieces Don’t Seem to Fit

Sep 25, 2017

Essay by JoeAnn Hart

I stared at the puzzle pieces, which, like my notes on the play, seemed to have nothing to do with one another.

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Katie Cortese on Writing

Mar 11, 2015

Interview by Kelcey Parker

Not everyone will care if you persist, so it’s up to you to provide the momentum.

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The Craft of Flash Novella Writing

Feb 23, 2015

Essay by Meg Pokrass

The novella-in-flash, divided into tiny bits of action, mirrors life this way.

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No Matter What It Takes

Nov 05, 2014

Essay by Terry Persun

These days, I let characters show up on their own, talk for a while, then leave.

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The Novel as Family Therapy

May 19, 2014

Theme Essay by Wendy Glaas

Compared to these families, maybe my own isn’t so badly off, after all.

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Wish I Could Quit You

Jan 08, 2014

Essay by Steve Adams

For days, weeks, even months, you slog onward as if hacking through switchgrass with a machete.

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