by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 24, 2013 | Living in Place
While working alone on a long project like a novel, it’s easy to feel lonely, disconnected from readers and isolated from peers. The best antidote I know for this malaise is a literary festival. And even though I’m not feeling particularly lonely,...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Sep 10, 2013 | Living in Place
Writers need readers long before they present their work to their intended audience. Finding helpful readers for work-in-progress is necessary – and tough. Over the years, I’ve collected a group of readers I can trust with my new work, and I’ve developed a...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 27, 2013 | Living in Place
If you’ve ever painted a room, you know that rolling on fresh paint is the dramatic part of the job – the part where you see the most progress for the least effort. I’m now in a point in writing Ellen, a novel, which is very much like rolling new paint on a...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Aug 13, 2013 | Living in Place
In addition to writing my own fiction and essays, I also take on a variety of editorial work. Recently, a first-time novelist hired me to read her first draft. It was good, and I told her so. I congratulated her on writing it all the way through to the end. She said...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 30, 2013 | Living in Place
I started writing a new novel in February of 2012. I planned to write a chapter a month; in fact, I wrote a chapter every two months until September of last year – until I started over again. For a little external pressure, I signed up for NaNoWriMo, and I had over...
by Deborah Lee Luskin | Jul 16, 2013 | Living in Place
My first novel was published three years ago, my second novel is not yet published, and my third novel isn’t yet finished. So when I was invited to join a panel of Vermont Authors at this year’s Bookstock – a three-day literary extravaganza held in...
