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"I can't go on. I'll go on": Writing when you're sure you can't

by Celeste Ng

…even harder to get down on paper. Next time that happens, try this: open a new document, or get a blank sheet of paper (scratch paper works great for this). Copy the last few lines of your draft as a lead-in, and try writing the new scene on this blank canvas. If it doesn’t work, no problem. Delete the document–or recycle your scratch paper–and try again. Your original draft will be waiting patiently for you, unscathed by these false starts. 99% o…


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Gyre Journeys: How Twains of Theme and Plot Meet in Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being (Part II)

by Candace Walsh

…r is kind and nurturing, but because Jiko teaches Nao about Zen Buddhism’s practices, directly and by example, including sitting zazen. On the dharma wheel, sitting zazen is primarily represented by the “right concentration” spoke, but also “right effort,” which guards against distracting thoughts during meditation, and “right mindfulness,” being conscious of what you are doing. Ruth, inspired by Nao’s diary entries about learning how to sit zazen…


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Hobbling Up The Magic Mountain

by Sarah Van Arsdale

…weekend, I’d gradually be venturing out more, leaving behind my fictional comrades for the real, terrifying, complicated, wonderful world below. But I was afraid to put the book aside for a whole weekend; what if that somehow delayed my recovery? Or set me back? I wanted to finish it as soon as I could and stroll happily out the door on Monday morning, but I also wondered if I had the strength to turn my back on this place and leave it—let alone…


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When to stop working for free …

by Lee Thomas

…basis. Surely most do so in the hopes of achieving their own fame and fortune thanks to the great exposure that Huffington Post potentially offers. Unfortunately, such participants are only complicit in a relationship that fails the ethical smell test. With unionized labor a big topic in the news this week, and the general public scrutiny of who exactly is making a profit, Lasarow’s call feels very much in keeping with the zeitgeist. Organization:…


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In Her Head

by Michelle Adelman

…Would she recognize herself? Would she be bothered by the characterization? What if she hated it? Once she received the document, it only took her a few days to finish. “I’m impressed,” she said. “It felt like a real book.” It was the greatest compliment she could have given me. We didn’t talk about her experience reading it, which elements stood out to her, any particulars that seemed amiss. In the end, I could imagine how she felt moving through…


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Miracle Boy and Other Stories, by Pinckney Benedict

by Shawn Andrew Mitchell

…ocket careening toward Mars. This is why I was nervous when picking up his latest collection, Miracle Boy and Other Stories. What if I didn’t like it and that cheapened the advice, admonishment, and encouragement I’d received? What if I loved it and could never again dismiss his comments like the occasionally obnoxious man-child and frequently egotistical fiction writer that I am? Photo courtesy the author This thought process is the sort of thing…


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High Stakes: An Interview with Holly Goddard Jones

by Danielle LaVaque-Manty

…o hard because you build an audience, however small, and showing them this new stuff can be jarring. I wrote a new story about a gay interior designer—it takes place over the course of a night, when he’s hosting a party in his home, and the climactic action is very subtle, just an overheard conversation—and my editor read it, and I could tell it threw her, maybe even worried her, in the way it might throw my colleagues if I showed up to work weari…


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join the effort to save Shaman Drum and the GLLAC

by Anne Stameshkin

…ca: Artists and Scholars in Public Life. She works on projects relating to new communities of writing in South Africa, is a contributor to the Humanities Indicators Project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was a Fulbright Senior Specialist in New Zealand in 2007. If you would like to add your name to this letter, please email: newsletter@shamandrum.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~…




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