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I've also been really inspired by the energy and smarts of the next generation. Today, I read this article in the Chonicle, and I recognized a lot of my own middle-aged whining in it. Reminds me of that very funny Dennis Cass book trailer that made…
Michelle, So sorry it's taken me such a long time to respond to this excellent post. Mark Winegardner wrote a great essay for Oxford American about ten years ago about why Midwestern writers don't have the same sense of pride and/or identity about t…
Post any questions for literary agent Erin Hosier & editor Amanda Moon here. We'll collect them for our ongoing webinar series devoted to the publishing process, from submission to publication and more!
Thanks for addressing this topic, Diane. It's importnat. I blogged here about these matters during the PW Top Books of the Year brouhaha.
http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/the-elephant-in-the-room
A kind of self-hypnosis, much like what you describe here. Once you get to a certain point with a book project, the advanced stage, it's about ignoring naysayers and convincing yourself that you are rock star. How? I have a folder in my email inbox…
For years, I wrote and submitted and rewrote and submitted in isolation, waiting (expecting) to be recognized. What I realize now is that it's important to be an "open node," not a closed one. I'm learning how to be a Good Literary Citizen in the 21…
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- Please list any books you have written, or anthologies you have contributed to, and any scripts or plays you have authored, so that we may feature them in our bookstore and on the main page.
- The Circus in Winter (Harcourt 2004)
Comeback Season (Free Press 2008)
- Which of the following genres best describe your work?
- Fiction, Nonfiction, Memoir
- Do you review books, television or film?
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- Do you offer services to other writers? Please describe.
- No
- Are you currently part of a writers' group or a writers' salon?
- Yes
- Do you have any professional associations?
- University of Pittsburgh, Association of Writers and Writing Programs
My Current Project
I'm working on a novel about the marriage of Cole and Linda Porter. It's primarily set in Williamstown, MA, where Linda kept a beautiful mansion called Buxton Hill. Upon her death in 1954, Cole had it destroyed. He moved his bachelor's cottage onto the foundation and expanded it into the mansion that's there today. Why did Cole do this? His biographers all say he did it because he missed her so much, but I am dubious. The property--still called Buxton Hill--has been purchased by a young couple trying to turn it into a luxury bed and breakfast.
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The Orange Prize and Women's Fiction
Here's something that I think will interest many of the women writers in this forum. I think this blog post from the Guardian speaks directly to the problem we've all been talking about, worrying about: the literary clout of women's writers.
Here's a snip… Continue
Posted on March 19, 2010 at 5:25am — 1 Comment
The Elephant in the Room: Branding and Book Jackets
Why are there are no women on the Publishers Weekly Top Ten Best Books of 2009 list, and relatively few on the overall list? I have a theory. Some might say it’s a stretch. Some might say it’s the elephant in the room. Why no women on the list? The Literary Gatekeeping Ma… Continue Posted on November 12, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments
Rooms of Our Own
When I think about the lives of my women writer friends, the things we talk about in urgent yet hushed tones, I think of this essay by editor Carole DeSanti. It speaks to our problem which still has no name, that unnameable something that has probably brought many women to this forum--speci… Continue
Posted on October 11, 2009 at 11:54am — 1 Comment
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- At 6:16pm on August 23, 2010,
Jennifer Matesa said… - Thanks for the check-in, Cathy... Blog is all good so far; book will cook this fall. (unfortunately they seem to be bylined by two different people! :) --this has to resolve itself fairly soon) ... Been following your progress in Muncie. You're much missed.
- At 4:32pm on August 14, 2010,
Lisa Lickel said…
- Hi, Cathy, nice to meet you. Thanks for stopping over at Rebecca's blog.
Laughing over your EPL comment - that was a topic on another writer loop I visit. This week my book club decided not to read it. Your Circus in Winter looks intriguing. In WI we have a long love affair with Ringling Brothers/Barnum and Bailey, you know.
- At 1:27pm on August 14, 2010,
Rebecca Rasmussen said… - Hi Cathy -- Your books are so impressive! Thank you for the friend!
xox Rebecca
- At 4:23am on March 20, 2010,
Michelle Hoover said… - Thanks for friending, Cathy. Happy writing.
- At 11:09am on January 24, 2010,
Jennifer Gilmore said… - Thanks, Cathy, for the warm welcome. Nice to see you here...Can't wait to see what your next project is...
- At 6:52pm on July 5, 2009,
Caroline Leavitt said… - Cathy, I was not being kind at all--loved your book with a passion, and so happy to meet you here!
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I'm always delighted, when at the close of reading my latest book, I can flip to the back and see what the author looks like. Sometimes I'm surprised, and sometimes the author looks similar to the way I envisioned them. But it's when there's no phot…
ladies.........all fabulous, kept me reading and wanting more.
Since I write more of the romantic type of novels, looks are important for my characters. I come up with their look various ways. I envision what they should look like, and write their attributes down, or I use pictures of people I clip from magazin…
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