The trajectory of my writing has moved further and further away from autobiography. My first stories in Confessions of a Falling Woman worked familiar territory - places I had lived, people I knew, my life as an actor in New York - and many were prompted by or grounded in personal experience.
Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continua… - Debra Dean
Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continua…
- Debra Dean
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the move to nonf… - Debra Dean
With the historical fictions, I was already doing so much research, and so much of the stories was anchored by historical truth that the move to nonf…
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when you h… - Debra Dean
If anything, I've found nonfiction a little easier. You don't have to make anything up. Of course, that's the inherent difficulty as well: when you h…
I haven't written anything yet that makes me think, This is it! and I don't imagine I ever will. I don't know how it is with you, but when I finish s… - Debra Dean
I haven't written anything yet that makes me think, This is it! and I don't imagine I ever will. I don't know how it is with you, but when I finish s…
Peculiar as I was, and remain, I was trained to be practical. I'm still amazed at the radical temerity of my friends, you included, Julie, who choose… - Debra Dean
Peculiar as I was, and remain, I was trained to be practical. I'm still amazed at the radical temerity of my friends, you included, Julie, who choose…
Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's versio… - Debra Dean
Before I got my present job, I spent many years teaching writing part-time, so-called, at community colleges and universities. It's academia's versio…
I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over town, quite often in v… - Debra Dean
I kept writing short stories and sending out my manuscript, and it kept coming back like a bad penny. It was rejected all over town, quite often in v…
The trajectory of my writing has moved further and further away from autobiography. My first stories in Confessions of a Falling Woman worked familia… - Debra Dean
The trajectory of my writing has moved further and further away from autobiography. My first stories in Confessions of a Falling Woman worked familia…
If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply wouldn't have believed you. I had no familiarit… - Debra Dean
If you had told me twenty years ago that I would write a novel set in Russia, much less two, I simply wouldn't have believed you. I had no familiarit…
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