One of my favorite writers, Pamela Balluck, finds writing material on the road, in big Western skies, and in newspaper archives. She recently shared her insights about the intersections of travel, memory, fiction, and family. Plus Pam whips out adjectives like “Jed-Clampett-like” and “dinosaurish.” The photo above was taken by Pam’s “East Coast cousin” Barbara […]
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A Bona Fide Editor on the Move: An Interview with Erin Bechtol
Erin Bechtol is an editor and cupcake baker at Bona Fide Books in Lake Tahoe, CA. Having recently completed a degree in English writing at the University of Nevada, Reno, she is looking forward to leaving her hometown and shifting from editing to writing as she travels the world. I met Erin Bechtol after I had an […]
Writing Postcards With Style (Or, Waiting for Woonsocket)
I have a sweet spot for postcards. How can I feel such big love for such tiny rectangles? Good question. This is a first in a series of posts about these travel-writing vehicles par excellence. For one thing, postcards are finite. You have to prioritize your words. There’s none of that grab-another-piece-of-paper or flip-it-over-and-write-on-the-back safety […]