First Person
This space hosts personal essays and
memoirs from writers who wish to tell the world why they write, what writing
means to them, or interesting life stories related to writing.
"Write
Tight-- or It's Gonna Cost You!" by Diane Sonntag
"Literary Relations" by Dawn Allcot
"So, You're a Writer
. . ." by Kathryn Schleich
"Writer
Blocked" by Mimi Greenwood Knight
"It's All in the Mind" by Nayna Chakrabarty
"Writing
for Her" by Mimi Greenwood Knight
"This
Writing Game" by Lori A. Basiewicz
"Lessons
from a First Editor" by Paula Tarnapol Whitacre
"Somewhere Only We Know: The
Lonely Life of a Writer" by Samantha Clements
"Caution: Door Opens Without
Warning" by Sage Cohen
"Mold, Mosquitoes, and Swarming Fruit Flies" by Shea
McCandless
"One Day at a Time" by R.
Ginger Robinson
"A
Coach for All Seasons: My Journey from the Coaching
Sidelines into the Game" by Linden Gross
"I.M. Free"
by LaShawn M. Wanak
"The Long and Winding Road to Freelance Success" by
Sheila Scarborough
"For
Writers: The Ultimate Reward" by Aaron Paul Lazar
"Hello? Is Anybody There?" by
Daphne Dykeman
"Writing
Ban" by Michael Harling
"Cult of the
Written Word" by Lori Basiewicz
"Timing is Everything" by J.A. McDougall
"First Story Blues" by Carol Kehlmeier
"Writing a Marathon" by Stephanie R.
Kinnon
"Christmas at Michael's," excerpted
from A Writer's San Francisco by Eric Maisel
"On Publishing Purgatory" by Robin
Friedman
"The Worst Thing About Writing" by Karen Fenech
"How to Critique Bad Writing" by
Claire Armstrong
"Why I Love My Writer's Group" by
Mimi Greenwood Knight
"Writer's Spew" by Scott Baker
"A Copy Editor's Lament" by Teri Zucker
"Crawling into
Summer" by Doug Miller
"It
All Started With One Hundred and Forty-One Books...."
by C. Jewel Watson
"Letting Go" by Makasha
Dorsey
"I Haven't Got the
Legs for Dancing" by Mike Calahan
"Persistence" by Mark
Terry
"Writing With
Friends" by Carol Hoenig
"Defining the 'Real' Writer" by Aaron Lazar
"Procrastination-- But I
Have to Alphabetize Those Spices..." by Nancy K.
LaFever
"The Writing Room" by Lesley Hershman
"Passion and Pain of the Write Life" by Monette
Bebow-Reinhard
"They Don't Call Me
Shanny-Poopshoe for Nothin'" by Shannon Chapel, RN
"Inspiration
Up to My Eyeballs" by Jenn Root
"What Would Susan Orlean Do?" by
John Liebhardt
"Writing in Exchange for Bread on the Table"
by Marsha Maung