Writing Your Transcendent Change: Memoir With Marion Roach Smith

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Matt Bell, author of Refuse to be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts: Matt Bell is the author most recently of the novel Appleseed (a New York Times Notable Book) and the craft book Refuse to Be Done, a guide to novel writing, rewriting, and revision. He is also the author of the novels Scrapper and In the House upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods, as well as the short story collection A Tree or a Person or a Wall, a non-fiction book about the classic video game Baldur's Gate II, and several other titles. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Esquire, Tin House, Fairy Tale Review, American Short Fiction, Orion, and many other publications. A native of Michigan, he teaches creative writing at Arizona State University. Matt joined Barbara DeMarco-Barrett to talk about—what else—revision, and his new book, Refuse to be Done. For more information on Writers on Writing and additional writing tips, visit our Patreon page. To listen to past interviews, v by Writers on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book Lovers

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Guest: Judy Reeves author of Wild Women, Wild Voices: Writing from Your Authentic Wildness: About the book: Write to celebrate, heal, and free the wild woman within. In her years as a ... by Relationships 2.0 With Dr. Michelle Skeen

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Literary Agent Lori Galvin on finding the right agent: Literary agent Lori Galvin of Aevitas Creative Management represents both adult fiction (especially women's fiction and crime fiction) and non-fiction (memoir, food writing, and cookbooks). A few of her clients include Hannah Kirshner's Water, Wood, and Wild Things (Viking '21), Cambria Brockman's Tell Me Everything (Ballantine '19), and Wanda M. Morris's All Her Little Secrets (Morrow '21). Some projects have been optioned by A24 and Netflix. Galvin joins Marrie to talk about changes in the publishing industry, what she looks for in effective query letters, the importance of the first five pages, the dos and don'ts of finding an agent, what you can do to improve your chances of finding a good match with an agent, and so much more.  If you find this or other interviews useful, consider supporting the show on Patreon.    Download audio.   (Recorded on September 21, 2022) Music and sound design by Travis by Writers on Writing: A Weekly Podcast for Writers, Readers, & Book Lovers

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