Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion, was a guest at the Pen on Fire Writers Salon in February of 2010. Here is that live event.
(Broadcast date: XXX XX, 20XX)
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Plot board
I’m not the only writer I know who has trouble organizing her material–especially when you get above a certain page count and revisions start mounting, it can be brutal, keeping track.
So I created this: A plot board, is what others call it. I’ve been writing down on a mini-legal pad what’s going on in each chapter, but I work better with visuals so here I color coded what’s happening in my memoir. The light pink represents the far past. The light pink, the recent past. Little orange slips are photographs, etc. (I blurred out text on the Post-its….) If I need to move the Post-its around, I can. What is in ink are the lines of the squares. What do you do, to organize?
Kim Wyatt and Danzy Senna podcast up
Kim Wyatt, editor of Permanent Vacation and Danzy Senna, author of You Are Free, a collection of short stories, talking with me about–what else?–the woes and triumphs of writing and publishing.
(Broadcast date: 9/14/2011)
Caitlin Rother and Katie Arnoldi
Barbara DeMarco-Barrett interviews Caitlin Rother, author of Dead Reckoning, and Katie Arnoldi, author of Point Dume. Due to technical difficulties, this podcast begins in the middle of Caitlin’s interview in which she’s reading from her book.
(Broadcast date: Jun 15, 2011)
Pen on Fire Writers Salon with Heidi Durrow and Danzy Senna
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| Travis, setting up before the event |
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| Danzy reads from You Are Free |
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| In the background, Heidi talks with author Lynda Zussman. In the foreground, Danzy talks with poet Tina Lustig |
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| Danzy, Heidi, and me |
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| Tina, CJ Bahnsen, Heidi, Danzy, Debra Cross |
What a great night with two brilliant authors and an intelligent crowd of writers, and readers. If you were there, and would like to hear them talk more about their books and writing, each will be on the show–Danzy next week and Heidi at the end of October. Stay informed by getting on the elist. Email penonfire at earthlink dot net and ask to be put on the elist.
Photography: C.J. Bahnsen
Save the date: West Hollywood Book Fair
I’ll be there, moderating a memoir panel at 11:45. I love this event. Free parking, a literary Sunday. Who could ask for more? Info here. Hope to see you!
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Palm Springs Noir, an anthology published by Akashic Books, edited by Barbara, also features her short story “The Water Holds You Still.” Order anywhere you buy books.
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Pen on Fire:
A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within
Los Angeles Times bestseller and winner of the 2005 ASJA Outstanding Book Award
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