My first impression of Molly Campbell, who I met on Twitter through mutual friends was "Damn, this broad is funny." Over the years, I've discovered we're both authors, artists, Ohioans, and proud grandmothers. Molly has a brand new novel out, her third, and I'm willing to bet it's filled with humor, as well as heart. Jamie Ford, New York Times bestselling author of Hotel at the Corner of Bitter … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Laura Hulthen Thomas
What: I’m a fiction writer and I’ve also written essays. And, like all writers, I do so many other things that, while writing is absolutely central to who I feel I am, it’s only a small part of who my friends, family, and students see. I’m very, very lucky to teach creative writing at the University of Michigan’s Residential College, so most of what I do is read and talk to undergraduates about … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Ellen Meeropol
What: I write fiction; I love spinning tales. Each of my three novels began with a small spark that grew into a book. In the case of House Arrest, it was a one-paragraph article in the Boston Globe that intrigued me. It described the Court assigning a home care nurse to make prenatal visits to a pregnant young cult member under house arrest. At the time, I was a nurse practitioner working with … [Read more...]
Hungarian Cursing and Humor
Hungarian cursing: My friend Olga taught me about Hungarian cursing when I was writing In the Context of Love. As the Hungarian heartthrob Joe tells young Angelica (referring to his immigrant father), “Hungarians curse better than anyone else. No one bothers sending anyone to hell. That’s too gentle. They say, 'May God’s horse put his dick up your ass.' They start out with stinky and whoring and … [Read more...]
What, Why, How: Louise Farmer Smith
What? “What is it you want out of all of this?” This was my husband’s plaintive and exasperated question regarding my continuing to write fiction. He was in pain. A short story of mine or a book or a query to an agent had again met with rejection. I can’t remember which because I was not in as much pain as he was. In his career he has not met with steady or even intermittent rejection, whereas … [Read more...]
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