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About Alice RosenthalClose
AliceRosenthal
Who am I
I'm a transplant to San Francisco from NYC many years ago and have aged in place. I am a retired developmental and copy editor for NYU Press and several large NY publishers. I retired as an English instructor from City College of San Francisco in 2012 to finally begin writing creatively for myself, and hopefully a few people who would be my audience. After a fearful and tentative start, I sent out a food memoir piece to the "SF Chronicle," and they published it. I also published another memoir, about the Bronx in the 1940s in "Jewish Currents." I discovered that I was fascinated with the ambiance of the
1940s and 1950s, the eras of my childhood, and I felt, as a child of the Left--who has had plenty of time to reflect--that I had something to say,if only to those who lived in that atmosphere. I was surprised and delighted that my first novel.which I self-published,and promoted virtually not at all, was appreciated by a small but quite diversified audience who recommended it by word of mouth. When a nice lady visiting from Austin told me that she picked it up from her daughter-in-law's coffee table and swiped it so she could finish it on the plane back to Texas, I figured it was time to start another novel.
My site, blog, or Twitter handle are
My website is not up yet, but I'm working on it.
I am on FaceBook, but not Twitter,and at the present time will avoid it.
Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to and any scripts or plays I've authored
"Take the D Train: A novel of New York in the 1950s" is my first novel. Self published in 2012,it is available on Amazon as both a paperback and e-book.
I've just completed the manuscript for my second novel, with the working title, Jefferson Never Slept Here, related to the first one,and is actually a prequel, but it can stand alone. It's a story about immigrants who settled in Monticello, NY. I feel its ready for submission to SW press.
Iam also working on series of connected short stories about my grandmother: Bessie Reimagined is the working title.
Services I offer to other writers
I don't do any copy editing and rewrite anymore, but I do happily review and comment on the work of my writer friends.
I'm part of these writers' groups or salons
I am part of an ongoing writers workshop at SFVillage, a community organization
Media outlets that I currently write for
None, Sorry
I found out about She Writes from
Elaine Elision, a workshop director, Erin Almond, a member of SW
About Alice Rosenthal