Ten Days in a Writerly Life

These past few days feel almost as though I have been trying to squeeze my whole writing career into them. The ups and downs, the good stuff, the bad stuff. The writing itself. I am writing. And that’s a good thing. No small feat when the teaching gets busy, and when the meetings run thick. […]

The Writer’s Handful with Katey Schultz

Harrumph. Mondays. What’s to look forward to? Hey, how about a new series dedicated to brief conversations with writers of all genres, at all stages of their careers? Yes! How cool would that be? Very cool. So welcome to THE WRITER’S HANDFUL. In this new series, a writer will answer five questions anyway they want […]

Sheep Herding and Shrimp ~ Dennis McFadden on Earning as a Writer

As part of our on-going Conversation Among Writers “Why The Short Story?”, Dennis McFadden takes on Gina Frangello’s questions about the financial implications of a writing life. Dennis: Man, talk about déjà vu. How many times has something like this happened to you? Standing around at the old writers’ conference cocktail party, having wormed your way into […]