http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Stories of the writing life en-us alison@gresik.ca 2007-07-13T21:11:45-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000631.html Writer Annette Gilson introduced herself to me last year when she was doing promotions among lit-bloggers for her first novel, New Light. Now she's answered some of my questions about her writing life, the rhythms and fears and challenges. I... 631@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Interviews and Profiles 2007-07-13T21:11:45-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000618.html You've got to admire the hubris of a post titled how to write a novel. Except that Justine Larbalestier has a few such novels under her belt and, what's more, her instructions are concrete, useful and witty, and give the... 618@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Interviews and Profiles 2007-04-27T16:40:12-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000615.html I've been following Cynthia Morris' progress in her quest for an agent. I love her resilience in the face of rejection--how much more peaceful we are when we don't take these things personally! I wrote a little about my own... 615@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Building a Writing Career 2007-04-25T06:49:12-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000559.html And now for something on the lighter side. I found this web comic, Will Write for Chocolate, via Miss Snark's blog, and it's great fun. Debbie Ridpath Ohi does the comics and also keeps a blog there. Check out the... 559@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Feeling Good 2007-01-26T09:17:37-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000556.html Over the past few years, since my husband and I began the process to adopt a baby from China, I have been reading about adoption. One of the writers I discovered is Jane Jeong Trenka. She is a Korean American... 556@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Why Write? 2007-01-24T16:26:45-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000544.html Don't worry, I'm not quitting writing (although the dearth of posts here may have led you to think otherwise). No, I am merely up to my neck in paid work and haven't been able to spare a thought for recreational... 544@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Why Write? 2006-11-27T16:22:29-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000530.html I was in a low period when Jane Smiley's mammoth book 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel arrived on hold at the library, just the antidote I needed. You'd have thought Jane came over to keep me company, cheering... 530@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Finding Your Material 2006-09-14T22:00:47-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000534.html ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: You said, actually, once, that you felt you were predestined to become a poet. What do you mean by that?STANELY KUNITZ: My family, fortunately, had an extensive library, and that was a rare phenomenon in those days. One... 534@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Interviews and Profiles 2006-08-16T12:33:13-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000535.html I recently found the Canadian Writers Collective, and the latest is post is by Tricia Dower, called "Summer School, Part 1: Courageous Hearts": A few weeks ago, I attended the 11th annual summer school of the Victoria School of Writing... 535@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Finding Your Material 2006-08-05T12:44:42-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000528.html "These are some days from my life. There was no writing in those days, but they made the writing that came after possible." --David Bergen, "And You Arrive on the Other Side With Nothing" from Writing Life Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir,... 528@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Biography and Memoir 2006-07-31T16:53:32-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000533.html Writers who struggle are everywhere. Here's a knitting writer in Toronto who has as much trouble with her fourth book as her first. [Interesting that this has not made her want to quit!] Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, author of At Knits' End... 533@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Getting the Writing Done 2006-07-24T15:50:32-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000526.html You've been getting bits and pieces of my writing story in the entries here; now you can read a longer version in this interview published in Stonework, a journal of Houghton College. The interview took place in March 2005, when... 526@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Interviews and Profiles 2006-07-04T10:58:59-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000517.html When I finished my MFA, my thesis advisor said that if I gave myself ten years, I could get established as a writer. In the eight years since then, I have often thought about that time period. When I was... 517@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Apprenticeship 2006-06-30T09:42:55-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000521.html Most of the stories I post here come from writers in the arts world, who create fiction, memoir, and poetry. But today I have something from the world of commerce and IT: a commencement speech given by Tim O'Reilly, founder... 521@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Building a Writing Career 2006-06-29T09:12:48-05:00 http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/archives/000519.html You're in for a treat today: an article from Florida writer Stacy Barton, who describes how she uses her extensive experience in the world of theatre to make her fiction come to life. Stacy recently started blogging at the art... 519@http://www.wrestlingtheangel.com/ Getting the Writing Done 2006-06-28T09:25:47-05:00