Ten Questions for Issa Quincy
“I tend to work across these different forms, on different projects at the same time.” —Issa Quincy, author of Absence
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Conveying Music and Dance in Fiction: Final Touches to Your Manuscript
The author of Duet for One (Regal House Publishing, May 2025) recommends rigorous revision strategies as writers polish their manuscripts.
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Ten Questions for Dennis E. Staples
“Editing down is something I dread in the abstract because I know I can lose motivation easily. But this book has ingrained the lesson in me fully.” —Dennis E. Staples, author of Passing Through a Prairie Country
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Ten Questions for Lesley Wheeler
“This isn’t writer-stuff, it’s life-stuff that bears on the poems.” —Lesley Wheeler, author of Mycocosmic
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Revision Strategies: Endings
The author of Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America (Little A, 2021) offers advice on how to approach editing the endings of essays.
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Revision Strategies: Beginnings
The author of Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America (Little A, 2021) offers advice on how to approach editing the beginnings of books and essays.
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The Sentence and the Sentence Story
The author of The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story investigates the power of a single sentence, long or short.
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The Fullness of Omission
The author of The Art of Brevity: Crafting the Very Short Story explores what is gained by cutting elements of a narrative.
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Ten Questions for E. M. Tran
“There’s space for your story.” —E. M. Tran, author of Daughters of the New Year
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Q&A: David Treuer of Pantheon
David Treuer, a writer, teacher, and recently appointed editor-at-large at Pantheon, discusses his focus on publishing emerging Indigenous writers and the possibilities of his new role.
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