Poetry, Should I Be Worried About You?
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Do writers of narrative nonfiction need a book proposal? — YES! This can be confusing because narrative nonfiction is somewhat “fiction-like” in its presentation. While your narrative project should be...
View ArticleWhere Does the Muse Hang Out at a Writers’ Conference?
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View ArticleMaking the Conference Memorable
Making the Conference Memorable: If you’re on the writer’s journey, best buckle up for lifelong learning. All of us take turns being teachers and pupils along the way. That’s because no one -- whether...
View Article“What is Your Writing Process?”
by Sarah Martinez I’m so excited to be able to share my experience and learn about each of your creative lives. On Friday, October 24, I will be presenting two sessions. In the first, at 10 a.m., I...
View ArticleWhy I Write
Why I Write: I tried not to write. It didn’t work out. For the first part, I could blame Harlan Ellison. I was in college at the time, and starting to write down some of the stories coming into my...
View ArticleMy most memorable writers’ conference interaction
My most memorable writers’ conference interaction: One of my first writing teachers was Pam Houston at the Taos Summer Writers Conference, where she was an intelligent, perceptive, generous mentor. At...
View ArticleLooking Forward to the 2014 Conference
Looking Forward to the 2014 Conference: I’ve always found the conference inspiring and encouraging to be with a group of writers doing writerly things, such as attending stimulating workshops, and...
View ArticleWhat IS poetry?
What IS poetry? Poetry is about our stories—not about telling our stories, exactly, but inviting others to feel them, to feel emotions that are common to all humans. Trying to understand what a poem...
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