"I heard about Vortext from a She Writes email and was amazed at the collection of authors I had long admired, together in one place. I immediately signed up. The weekend on Whidbey was not what I expected; it was not a conference on craft, so much…"
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Abigail Carter commented on the group 'Essay Writing'
"Just had a Father's Day essay published on HelloGrief.com about coming to terms with celebrating Father's Day
http://www.hellogrief.org/every-day-is-fathers-day/
Baby steps in the world of personal essay publishing..."
Tania Pryputniewicz left a comment for Abigail Carter
"Abigail--I love your book's title: (The Alchemy of Loss) and cruised your homepage (http://www.abigailcarter.com/) and blog. Brave, inspiring work you are doing--I have 3 children and a high octane high adrenaline husband...I've often…"
Bernice L. McFadden left a comment for Abigail Carter
"Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR…"
Abigail Carter commented on the group 'Essay Writing'
"Thank you Karen for telling us about The National Association of Memoir Writers. I too had no idea it existed. I will be teaching a class in memoir writing in Jan, so I will let my students know about it as well.
Also, by odd coincidence, I just…"
Abigail Carter commented on the group 'Essay Writing'
"Sue, I am so with you on the PW bias. I wrote my book, The Alchemy of Loss, which in Canada, was a National bestseller and made the top 100 books of 2008. Here is what PW had to say:
"Resilient in the end, Carter shares all her doubts and fears…"
Abigail Carter left a comment for Judith D. Schwartz
"Hi Judith:
Thanks for friending me. I am definitely interested in the Seattle blog on faith and the 9/11 project you talk of. I haven't heard of it.
Thanks for getting in touch.
Abby"
Sagarika Pandey left a comment for Abigail Carter
"Hello Abigail,
I am 'brand new' as well on SW.
I read on your profile information that you have written the'The Alchemy of Loss, 2008' so could you send me the link if it is available on the internet at all?I'd love to read…"
Abigail Carter commented on the group 'Essay Writing'
"Hi all:
I am brand new to SW and am a fan of the personal essay. I have a published memoir, The Alchemy of Loss, that somehow came out of nowhere, and through which I discovered myself a writer. Now I am trying to parlay that into more writing, and…"
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If first person narrative non-fiction and essay are your thing, or you would like to explore them and your voice join us.
Abigail Carter left a comment for Julyne Derrick
"Cool. I didn't realize that had approved me. This looks like a cool site. Thanks for the invite."
Profile Information
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- The Alchemy of Loss, 2008
- Media outlets that I currently write for:
- More.com, MSN.com
- My writing is:
- Nonfiction, Memoir
Abigail Carter's Blog
VORTEXT: A Meandering Magical Garden of Writing
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 3:46pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
Whidbey Island seems rife with secret gardens whose long winding driveways meander into thickets of wooded groves. That day, a woman directed me to a parking lot – a gravel shoulder bordered by nothing but trees. I got out of the car, bewildered, not sure where to go to reach …
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- At 1:17pm on December 4, 2009,
Tania Pryputniewicz said… - Abigail--I love your book's title: (The Alchemy of Loss) and cruised your homepage (http://www.abigailcarter.com/) and blog. Brave, inspiring work you are doing--I have 3 children and a high octane high adrenaline husband...I've often steeled myself against/flashed on life without (god forbid) and here you have actually walked through such an experience and managed to share it with others in an uplifting manner. Frustrating that US publishers responded as they did...I hope that changes down the line. Been on She Writes just a couple of months, getting ready to teach again after being home with kids for 8 years; taught a tiny writing class over the summer and it was good to be back with students/writers again. Glad to find you here.
- At 10:08am on December 4, 2009,
Bernice L. McFadden said… - Dear Book Lover:
You may not know me or my work, but I am the national bestselling, award winning novelist of six critically acclaimed novels who has been twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
On Jan 9th, 2010 my debut novel, SUGAR will celebrate its 10th anniversary and in order to commemorate this milestone I am campaigning to sell 10,000 copies between now and that date.
“Bernice L. McFadden's first novel begins with the brief, poetic description of a crime so startling that the reader is helplessly drawn in, as if a bright red door stood ajar on a bleak and forbidding house. Pearl Taylor's daughter, Jude, has been found murdered and mutilated near a field at the edge of town. "The murder had white man written all over it," writes McFadden. "But no one would say it above a whisper. It was 1940. It was Bigelow, Arkansas. It was a black child. Need any more be said?" In the years that follow, Pearl catches sight of Jude in so many strangers that when Sugar Lacey comes to town and sets up her unwholesome "business" in the house next door, she doesn't know whether to believe what she sees in Sugar's face: a striking similarity to Jude, dead 15 years. In her sedate but supple prose--rising at times to a light, unforced lyricism in the description of landscape or character--the author perfectly renders the closed and protective society of a small Southern town, the superstitions, gossip, and prying.”
I’m asking that you purchase a copy of SUGAR for yourself, a friend or family member. And yes, KINDLE purchases count.
If you could help spread the word by blogging, twittering ad Face-booking my campaign, it would mean the world to me.
Peace & Light,
Bernice L. McFadden
www.bernicemcfadden.com
www.firstborngirl.blogspot.com
www.amazon.com
www.B&N.com
- At 1:49pm on September 8, 2009,
Sagarika Pandey said… - Hello Abigail,
I am 'brand new' as well on SW.
I read on your profile information that you have written the'The Alchemy of Loss, 2008' so could you send me the link if it is available on the internet at all?I'd love to read it.
Sagarika
- At 11:58am on August 6, 2009,
Julyne Derrick said… - Welcome Abby!
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