Ten Questions for Frances Cha
“I need three things to write: snacks, drinks, and silence.” —Frances Cha, author of If I Had Your Face
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Craft Capsule: Catalogues, Cetaceans, and Casey Kasem
The author of The Prettiest Star explores a variety of archives to help him capture the specific spirit and look of the eighties.
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Ten Questions for Ho Sok Fong and Natascha Bruce
This week’s installment of Ten Questions features Ho Sok Fong and Natascha Bruce, the author and the translator of the story collection Lake Like a Mirror.
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Craft Capsule: Multiple Points of View
Carter Sickels recalls the challenges of juggling multiple first-person narrators in his novel The Prettiest Star.
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Ten Questions for Krista Franklin
“The biggest challenge for me to accomplish any project is working to keep myself out of the way.” —Krista Franklin, author of Too Much Midnight
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Craft Capsule: Cut for Time
The author of The Prettiest Star recommends keeping a novel-dedicated notebook for ideas, research, and informal experiments.
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Ten Questions for Rebecca Dinerstein Knight
“Just opening the document each day keeps it on track.” —Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, author of Hex
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Craft Capsule: Reading Backwards
The author of the novel The Prettiest Star shares an exercise to help you approach your manuscript from a new angle.
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Ten Questions for Marianne Chan
“I wish I could simply walk into an office every day and feel ready to go, but that’s just not the case for me, and I know that by now.” —Marianne Chan, author of All Heathens
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Ten Questions for Paul Lisicky
“Work that’s good, that’s itself, eventually gets seen.” —Paul Lisicky, author of Later
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