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Harriet Scott chessman commented on the blog post 'Why are there no great women playwrights?'
"I agree totally -- the question is "Who is Stopping the Great Women Playwrights"? Money's a big part of the issue, I agree, as is the idea of women as a "special interest" group. I DO think this is on the cusp of changing,…"
Harriet Scott chessman left a comment for Elizabeth Gregory
"Oh, sounds wonderful! I should get to know Moore's poems.
Yes, our youngest, Gabe, is 15 and still home with us. Micah's in L.A., interning for Weed Road production company, and Rissy's in Berkeley, doing theater.
Elizabeth, do you…"
Elizabeth Gregory left a comment for Harriet Scott chessman
"working on an economics of women's work project -- and a longterm project on the later poetry of Marianne Moore. and hanging out with the young folks. are your kids at home for the summer?"
Elizabeth Gregory left a comment for Harriet Scott chessman
"sounds fruitful. how is life in california these days? we are looking for a new Humanities and Social Sciences dean - if you know of good candidates looking to leave your state (or other states), please send names. it's hot here now, but the…"
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A place for San Francisco She Writers to gather to share what's going on locally, and for the occasional in-person gathering.
Harriet Scott chessman commented on the group 'Fiction Writers'
"Thank you, Daphne, I will go right to my novel ms.! You've inspired me."
Harriet Scott chessman left a comment for Marilyn Yalom
"Hello Marilyn! This is fun, finding you here too! Yes, I'm hoping this coming year will offer good chances to meet face to face!"
Marilyn Yalom left a comment for Harriet Scott chessman
"Hi Harriet,
I am glad to be your friend, and hope to see you both on line and in person.
Marilyn"
Harriet Scott chessman replied to the discussion 'What's the best writing advice you've ever been given?' in the group Fiction Writers
"The best advice I've been given is to hold to the ms. you're working on, and give it a chance to unfold. This sounds so simple, but it's helpful to me, especially since I'm often so filled with doubts and second-guessing. Just…"
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Fiction Writers
Trouble juggling your subplots? Finding yourself creating a character's mother that too closely resembles, uh, yours? Deadline looming and you're only on chapter three? Here's a forum for novelists and short-story writers.
Harriet Scott chessman commented on the blog post 'Why are there no great women playwrights?'
"I think it's wonderful that studies like Sands' are being done, and that the results are gaining press. This is all to the good! I also think the field is wide open -- in all the arts -- for such studies, with more and more nuance, and…"
Profile Information
- Books I've written, anthologies I've contributed to, and any scripts or plays I've authored:
- LYDIA CASSATT READING THE MORNING PAPER (a novel; pub. 2001, Seven Stories Press and Permanent Press; 2002 pb, Plume)
SOMEONE NOT REALLY HER MOTHER (a novel; pub. 2004, Dutton; 2005, pb, Plume)
OHIO ANGELS (a novel; pub. 1999, Permanent Press)
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO DANCE: REPRESENTATION, THE BODY, AND DIALOGUE IN GERTRUDE STEIN (1989, Stanford University Press)
AMERICAN ICONOLOGY: NEW APPROACHES TO NINETEENTH-CENTURY ART AND LITERATURE, ed. David C. Miller (Yale, 1995). My essay in this anthology is "Mary Cassatt and the Maternal Body."
- My writing is:
- Fiction
- Services I offer to other writers:
- I'd like to start offering services, possibly, in 2010. I am thinking of acting as a consultant to professional writers in the midst of large projects, especially fiction.
- I'm part of these writers' groups or salons:
- I'm a member of WOM-BA (Word of Mouth in the Bay Area), a group of women writers in the San Francisco Bay Area. I'm a former member of a wonderful children's book writing and illustrating group in New Haven, CT.
- My professional associations:
- I taught at Yale University for 11 years, from 1980-1991, and then I taught individual courses at Wesleyan, Bread Loaf School of English, and Yale. Right now I have no affiliation with a university. I'm a member of Authors Guild and SCBWI.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 12:50pm on July 15, 2009,
Elizabeth Gregory said… - working on an economics of women's work project -- and a longterm project on the later poetry of Marianne Moore. and hanging out with the young folks. are your kids at home for the summer?
- At 7:09am on July 15, 2009, Elizabeth Gregory said…
- sounds fruitful. how is life in california these days? we are looking for a new Humanities and Social Sciences dean - if you know of good candidates looking to leave your state (or other states), please send names. it's hot here now, but the weather's good for most of the year.
- At 5:39am on July 14, 2009, Elizabeth Gregory said…
- Doing well, Harriet -- still in Houston. Let me know if you're coming through sometime. How is everything chez you?
- At 11:55am on July 5, 2009,
Marilyn Yalom said… - Hi Harriet,
I am glad to be your friend, and hope to see you both on line and in person.
Marilyn
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