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Living the writing life means living with failure

Writing is a hard way to make a living, which is why a whole ecosystem exists to help you feel like you’re succeeding at it. Hashtags like #amwriting provide steady pep talks for people wading through the muck of a first draft. Dubious-seeming ads on Facebook peddle frictionless methods for selling thousands of copies of […]

The 1975’s Matt Healy on Self-Awareness, Writing Songs with No Choruses, and Their New Album

The post The 1975’s Matt Healy on Self-Awareness, Writing Songs with No Choruses, and Their New Album appeared first on Consequence . The 1975 ’s Matt Healy talks with Kyle Meredith about Being Funny in a Foreign Language , Manchester quartet’s earnest new album. The frontman discusses his knack for being self-aware in his lyrics, […]

Nicholas Gage talks about ‘A Writer’s Odyssey’ at Small Stones Festival of the Arts

When Nicholas Gage gives a talk titled “A Writer’s Odyssey” Oct. 21 as part of Grafton’s Small Stones Festival of the Arts, he’ll begin with “an immigrant kid who didn’t know English at the age of 10.” That kid, born Nikos Gatzoyiannis, had already been through a lot of trauma. His earliest years were spent […]

Lucy Foley: ‘I never know the murderer when I start writing my books’

Click here to view original web page at Lucy Foley: ‘I never know the murderer when I start writing my books’ Lucy Foley, author of The Paris Apartment (Photo: Philippa Gedge/ via sophieg@fmcm.co.uk) The crime novelist talks about her new book The Paris Apartment, being rung up by Reese Witherspoon, and why it’s fun to […]

HSMTMTS Star Dara Reneé Talks Overcoming Anxiety, Writing Music, And More