I was born and raised in the Hudson Valley region of New York State, near New York City. I’ve understood the concept of hills and valleys and mountains all of my life, from my childhood excursions to the Catskills. In high school I was an earth science nerd and I’d read up on factoids about [...]
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On writing “what you know”
posted by erin on October 11, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/on-writing-what-you-know
Rewriting a novel is like solving a puzzle. But with WORDS.
I’ve come to the above realization today because I’ve spent the better part of late August and early September fully immersed in the world of my work-in-progress and it hasn’t felt like writing as much as puzzle-solving. Because this one isn’t a new project, it’s an old one (originally kamikaze’d years ago) and I know [...]
posted by erin on September 23, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/rewriting-a-novel-is-like-solving-a-puzzle
Writing Workshop Wednesday: Poetry
The Wednesday workshop wisdom continues! This week… Poetry workshop take-aways // or, why this novelist kept taking so many darned poetry workshops. I think in novels. As a kid, I thought, Oh, I think in stories. No. I learned later: I think in novels. In my first workshop at 15, I told my advisor that [...]
posted by erin on August 11, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/workshop-weds-2
The first installment of Writing Workshop Wednesday!
I was thinking lately that I’ve spent a lot of time in workshops and have [probably] had every kind of experience in one. I figured I may as well share some of the many things I’ve learned — and ask you all to dive in and offer your own advice for others! I want to [...]
posted by erin on August 4, 2010
http://blog.efdanehy.com/2010/workshop-weds-1
