Tag Archives: Joyce Carol Oates

Alice Astonishes

Posted on December 16, 2015 by karinwritesdangerously

A story: You’re a little girl growing up in a small farming community in New York State in the late 1930s. For your ninth birthday, your grandmother gives you a magical gift: A beautifully bound, slightly oversize book. Published by … Continue reading →

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Run Free

Posted on December 18, 2014 by karinwritesdangerously

We all know that exercise is good not just for the body, but the brain. Thee’s also growing evidence that it helps fuel creativity as well, which is good news for us as writers. After all, anything that enriches and … Continue reading →

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Editing Strategies

Posted on April 30, 2012 by karinwritesdangerously

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.” Aristotle Needless to say, editing is challenging. I remember reading that Joyce Carole Oates feels that putting together a first draft can be torturous, but that revising and editing — shaping … Continue reading →

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Seasoned Veterans

Posted on November 17, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“Write your heart out.“ Bernard Malamud Joyce Carol Oates cited this quote several times during a talk at Stanford. You could certainly say she’s followed Bernard’s advice: she’s written close to 100 novels, novellas, poetry collections, and children’s books. How … Continue reading →

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Slow Writing

Posted on September 28, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

“I’m a slow writer. Some of that’s temperament and some of it is that I really focus on the language. The language has to be of a certain feeling, there’s a density that the page has to have.” Charles Frazier … Continue reading →

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Different Strokes

Posted on February 16, 2011 by karinwritesdangerously

Joyce Carol Oates has been in the news recently, because she’s just written a new book called A Widow’s Story. It’s the latest in a long line of literary works. Her output is enormous: 56 novels, 34 short-story collections, 8 … Continue reading →

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