The Writers Who Read series continues this week with author and storyteller Gabrielle Selz. Who are you? Gabrielle Selz, I’m a writer and live storyteller (The Moth). I am published in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, Newsday, and MORE Magazine, among others. I just published a short piece in The New Yorker (my dream … [Read more…]
To me, one of the most fascinating questions that has come out of the Writers Who Read interview has been the one that asks writers what kind of books they are drawn to, beyond the usual answers of solid storytelling and writing. I love reading these answers, especially ones that mention very specific story features, … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Maiga Milbourne. Who are you? Maiga Milbourne, hawking an assortment of low-fee services! Among them, I teach yoga, design and lead international retreats, write, run a sustainable landscaping business with my husband, and establish a permaculture-influenced farm in my suburban backyard. I feel like I make … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues today with Pamela DiFrancesco. Who are you? My name is Pamela DiFrancesco. I’m a writer of fiction who has been published in literary magazines such as The New Ohio Review and Monkeybicycle. The Devils That Have Come to Stay is my first novel. I’m also a social justice activist, … [Read more…]
Along with compiling Netflix lists of the best streaming romances with Jen Heart, I’m starting to write longer reviews of movies on this site. With a lot of screenwriting tips and tricks increasingly being used by novelists, watching rom-coms is a great way to learn about telling a romantic story in any form. But really, who needs an … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Laura Madeline Wiseman. Who are you? I’m an avid long-distance cyclist and train for big rides like RAGBRAI year round. I tend a vegetable garden in the summer. I have three cats and a dog. I am also the author of the collaborative book of short stories … [Read more…]
Like on the Halloween post on the scariest stories ever written, I asked the authors participating in the Writers Who Read interview series a question: What’s the most romantic story you’ve read? Here are their answers, from Austen to an experimental science fiction story to Gift of the Magi. Anna Schumacher, author of End Times The Gift … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with author Michalle Gould. Who are you? I have been writing and publishing poetry for a long time and received my MFA in 2001 but am just now publishing my first book of poetry. The oldest poems in the book date all the way back to 1999! … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Rita Arens. Who are you? My name is Rita Arens, and I live in Kansas City, Missouri. I’m the author of the contemporary young adult novel THE OBVIOUS GAME and I edited a parenting anthology, SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK and co-edited a food writing anthology, … [Read more…]
This is a joint post with the lovely Jen Heart. Winter: nights are long, dark, and cold. When all you want is to wrap up in your Snuggie (™) and hibernate, these winter-esque romances will warm your heart even when the rest of you is shivering. But be warned: like winter, many of these are … [Read more…]