by Katrina Vandenberg | Aug 19, 2016 | blog posts
Another good reason to get those 10,000 hours of practice Here is a Water~Stone Review legend: about ten years ago, long before I came on board as poetry editor, the journal received a two-page prose-poem submission from Naomi Shihab Nye.The then-poetry editor called...
by Katrina Vandenberg | Jun 15, 2016 | blog posts
TOWARD THE BETTER COFFEE DATE, PART 2 OF 2 Last post I wrote about requesting meetings for coffee with, and advice from, other writers. This week I’d like to offer some suggestions about making these dates happier and more productive for everyone involved. If you’re...
by Katrina Vandenberg | May 17, 2016 | blog posts
TOWARD THE BETTER COFFEE DATE, PART 1 OF 2 Around the time my first book came out, I experienced a sudden surge in invitations to “have coffee sometime.” These dates were usually requested by emerging writers. On these dates, we would talk about their writing. I...
by Katrina Vandenberg | Apr 6, 2016 | blog posts
HOW: ON WORKING, MOTHERING, AND GETTING YOUR WRITING DONE After my daughter was born, I asked every working mother I knew how working mothers got their writing done. One of my colleagues said, “Write while your daughter’s small? You won’t.” Then, when she saw the...
by Katrina Vandenberg | Mar 14, 2016 | blog posts
AUDIO RUCKUS OR: HOW I LEARNED TO QUIT WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOOK PUBLISHED FOUR YEARS BEFORE I’m still thinking about a day last January when, at the request of my publisher, I spent the morning at a recording studio in downtown Minneapolis. There, I read my entire...
