By Carol Grannick on December 19, 2010
I’m so pleased to present this interview with Kate Messner, author of the brand-new SUGAR AND ICE ( Walker, 2010) and THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z. ( Walker 2010 ).
Here, Kate generously discusses writing resilience – having it, pumping it up, and reinforcing its importance in the writers’ journey.
If you struggle with [...]
Posted in Interviews: Resilience At Work, Learned Resilience: How To Do It | Tagged Kate Messner, SUGAR AND ICE, THE BRILLIANT FALL OF GIANNA Z., writers' resilience
By Carol Grannick on October 20, 2010
I’m in the rhythm of a changing season, the cycle of the moon, the ebb and flow of life.
It’s been almost a year since I created The Irrepressible Writer, a site to help writers build and maintain psychological resilience. In the past couple of months I’ve wondered if I have much left to say, since [...]
Posted in Learned Resilience: How To Do It, Lessons From Life | Tagged positivity, writers' resilience
By Carol Grannick on October 6, 2010
Last weekend I had a long, mutually empathic conversation with a visual artist friend. She said, and I agreed, that it felt good to talk with someone who didn’t ask, “So have you sold anything yet?”
I told her about my Michelangelo’s Advice blog post, and the experience of walking down the hallway of the Accademia [...]
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By Carol Grannick on July 6, 2010
I’m so excited to share an interview with author Jenny Meyerhoff about creating and maintaining resilience on the writer’s journey. If you struggle with holding on to your resilience, or simply need an occasional ‘lift’, notice how deliberate Jenny’s choices are about how she stays creative and productive. Note, as well, how important is her [...]
Posted in Interviews: Resilience At Work, Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged Jenny Meyerhoff, Queen of Secrets, writers' resilience
By Carol Grannick on March 23, 2010
When writers share their struggles with staying resilient and persevering on the writing journey, it helps us all. This is the first of The Irrepressible Writer interviews with writers published, unpublished, known and unknown.
Here, a Houston-based critique group, Will Write For Cake generously shares their thoughts, feelings, struggles and tools for maintaining resilience. First, meet [...]
Posted in Interviews: Resilience At Work | Tagged critique groups, writers' resilience
