January 5, 2009 – 12:01 am
They say success often has to do with hanging on after everyone else has let go. It’s a game of endurance.
Given the current status of the publishing industry and what you already know about the tough climb to have a career as a writer, how do you keep at it? How do you stay motivated, [...]
November 5, 2008 – 12:01 am
Welcome to Part 2 of my interview with the incomparable Dan Conaway, a literary agent with Writers House, and more importantly, my confidence-building, book-saving, wicked genius agent. Today we’re going to focus on his background as an editor; his period of anonymous blogging; and his understanding of what writers go through when they write, edit, [...]
October 29, 2008 – 12:01 am
People ask me all the time if I’m happy with my agent, and I always tell them he’s remarkable, which is true. But what I tell my agent, who I’m far more honest with, is that 10% of him is a real pain in the ass. The other thing I tell him is that I [...]
October 8, 2008 – 12:01 am
The big reader in my family was my mother; and from the beginning, I coveted her shelves full of D. H. Lawrence, Flannery O’Conner, James Baldwin. Before I was even aware of the ways writing could be categorized, I was steeping myself in literary fiction, and a love of character and phrasing over plot.
It wasn’t [...]
September 3, 2008 – 12:01 am
Curious about how former LitPark guests are doing? I have a few updates. And let’s hear from you, too! Any new projects or publications? Joys or struggles? At the very least, post your website so folks can visit you.
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Remember Pierre Berg?
Last September, at age 83, Pierre granted LitPark his very first interview, and we talked [...]
August 6, 2008 – 12:01 am
For all you NPR junkies and short story lovers, get ready for DimeStories! To tell you what it’s about and how it began, please meet my friends and the hosts of the show: Amy Wallen, a bestselling author who has been described as “Eudora Welty on speed,” and James Spring, who has, among other talents, [...]
This is Mr. Henderson, dressed up for the Batman premier last night. He still can’t get the eyeliner off.
He ducked out of the way of the news cameras, but this crazy guy in the purple suit (also here) is the guitarist in his band.
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Had a very weird day, and I can’t even write about it, [...]
I’m thinking it’s time to bring a literary agent to LitPark, but I want you to be a part of the interviewing process.
Many of you know how difficult and demoralizing it is to try to get an agent. Some of you have been trying for years – cold-querying, reducing your beautiful manuscripts to dreaded single-page [...]
Today I’d like to introduce you to Xujun Eberlein, a tremendous writer and social commentator, who has just published her first book, Apologies Forthcoming. This collection of short stories features relationships that are complicated by China’s Cultural Revolution: lovers who can’t be together, a family that hides a child’s death from her grandmother, and children [...]
Some of you may remember that several months ago I took off chasing some dreams. I packed two suitcases and left everything behind. I was determined to get out into a world of my choosing and finally make it as a writer no matter what the costs. It’s been one hell of a trip.
Ask [...]
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