Relationship conundrum: The fiction writer and her muse

January 15, 2010

by Kim Hooper
In writing, there is much discussion of “the muse.” Who is it? Do we wait for him/her/it to appear, or go to work anyway? Does the fact that we talk to this muse make us schizophrenic?
When I think of my muse, I think of a very lazy queen, sitting atop her canopy bed, [...]

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The 5-Question [Author] Interview: Novelist Ellen Meister

January 10, 2010

The author talks about her natural place as a writer, learning, unlearning and finding her way back and how she’s never been able to buy a thicker skin at Target. Oh, and Richard Yates.

ELLEN MEISTER is the author of two novels, Secret Confessions of the Applewood PTA and The Smart One, a Woman’s Day pick [...]

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I am in a relationship with money whether I want to believe it or not.

January 8, 2010

I hold onto my paychecks for weeks before depositing them. I, ahem, hoard them.
My most recent transgression of this nature occurred on New Years Eve day. I had the vague notion, as I was about to sit down and type my last invoice of 2009 for freelance work (I’m a writer and editor), that I’d [...]

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The Recovering Creative Returns

January 1, 2010

Who is the Recovering Creative, and where did she go?
I’m the Recovering Creative. I’ve posted here about overcoming fears related to money. I shared a few stories. People were interested; they related and asked for more. I got emails. I also got stumped.
Actually I got scared—and not because I was writing about something personal—because I [...]

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Looking Back at Interviews from 2009

December 22, 2009

The Writer’s [Inner] Journey (formerly The Writer’s Journey) launched  March 1 2009 with a terrific interview with Allison Winn Scotch.  Before the site was live several other amazing writers, like Allison, willingly, graciously took part in my 5-question interviews about their creative process.
There is no one way to express how big a deal this [...]

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Getting Personal with Essay Subjects

December 18, 2009

Ever ask yourself how you reconcile writing essays that include people you  care about so that they will feel comfortable reading them—and you will feel okay if they read them, too?
Today I’m talking about Getting Personal with Essay Subjects over at The Urban Muse, Susan Johnston’s award-winning site about reading, writing and the creative life.  [...]

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The 5-Question Interview: Craig Mattes

December 12, 2009

The writer and stand-up delivers on storytelling, not abandoning or complicating ideas, and the challenge of one too many words.
CRAIG MATTES is a copywriter with Pacific Communications, a west-coast advertising agency, where he writes ad campaigns for multi-million dollar pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Craig, who is originally from the east coast, previously worked at [...]

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How I Write Today: Susan Johnston

December 9, 2009

I have long been an admirer of Susan Johnston and her fabulous writer’s blog, The Urban Muse. The Urban Muse has been a Writer’s Digest Best Site for Writers pick, and is one of Michael Stelzner’s Top 10 picks for 2009-2010. One of the (many!) reasons I believe Susan is such a successful blogger and [...]

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