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Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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  • Jennifer Fawcett
  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Heather Young

After a decade practicing law and another decade raising kids, Heather decided to finally write the novel she'd always talked about writing. She holds an MFA from the Bennington Writing Seminars, and is an alumnus of the Squaw Valley Writers Workshop and the Tin House Writers Workshop, all of which helped her stop writing like a lawyer. She lives in Mill Valley, California, with her husband and two teenaged children. When she's not writing she's biking, hiking, neglecting potted plants, and reading books by other people that she wishes she'd written.
  • Posted on Wednesday, July 6, 2016Thursday, July 7, 2016
  • by Heather Young

My New Year’s Resolution and Finding the Moments That Matter

Before I wrote this post – an update on my New Year’s resolution – I reread my post from the…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 28, 2016Thursday, July 7, 2016
  • by Heather Young

How to Plan a Launch Party That Won’t Make You Craz(ier)

After I signed my book deal it didn’t take long before I started hearing about something called a “launch party.”…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, June 22, 2016Monday, June 27, 2016
  • by Heather Young

The Music That Made THE LOST GIRLS

Music is critical to my writing process. When I sat down to work on THE LOST GIRLS, I’d turn on…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, June 15, 2016Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • by Heather Young

The Two Kinds of Story

John Gardner, the author of one of the greatest craft books of all time, THE ART OF FICTION, once said…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Feeding the Muse a Cookie

This week I’m confronted by a topic that doesn’t bear much relationship to what I write: food. Unlike Jennifer’s MODERN…

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  • Posted on Saturday, June 4, 2016Wednesday, June 15, 2016
  • by Heather Young

“Divine Sparks”: A Guest Post By Julie Christine Johnson + Giveaway of IN ANOTHER LIFE

I started hearing early buzz about Julie Christine Johnson’s debut novel IN ANOTHER LIFE late last year, and my interest…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, May 31, 2016Saturday, June 4, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Hell, Yes, I Have Regrets

I confess: I’m jealous of Louise and Jenny, with their nonexistent and paltry lists of regrets. Because I do have regrets.…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 25, 2016Saturday, June 4, 2016
  • by Heather Young

A Woman of Letters

When I was a young lawyer fresh out of law school, I was one of ten women in a class…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 18, 2016Tuesday, May 17, 2016
  • by Heather Young

The Memory of Water

THE LOST GIRLS was born of water. Not just any water, but the very particular lake water of my childhood.…

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  • Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2016Saturday, May 14, 2016
  • by Heather Young

Interview With Tara Conklin + Giveaway of THE HOUSE GIRL

THE HOUSE GIRL by Tara Conklin

I read Tara Conklin’s THE HOUSE GIRL at a pivotal moment in my own writing, when I was floundering with…

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