Courtney Maum – Author of Before and After the Book Deal
Writer Courtney Maum shares the introduction to her book that is being released this week, Before and After the Book Deal.
In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and
- Why you should fall in love with editing
- Writing as catharsis
- Being uninhibited in first drafts
- Naming your drafts so that you can find them later
- And more!
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- Meet Courtney on her book tour
- Preorder her book, Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book releasing from Catapult this week
- Learn about The Cabins, the artist retreat she founded
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This Week’s Writing Prompt
Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.
This week’s writing prompt is: Write from the first person point of view of a holiday gift. Explore the way the gifts that we give and receive feel about the act of being given.
Explore these Womxn Authors
In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:
- Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, Author of Hex
- Hala Alyan, Author of Salt Houses
- Renata Adler, Author of Speedboat
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Check Out More Fierce Womxn Writing Programming
- Episode 4: Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach – Author of The Many Names for Mother
- Episode 3: Nefertiti Austin – Author of Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America