The Reality about Writing a Blog
The reality about writing a blog is that it’s not reality-writing. A blog is not an all inclusive diary. It may be a slice of life and it may be all true, yet it’s never the entire truth.
Writing a Blog: Over-Indulgence, Added Bonus, or Something Else?
The narcissism intrinsic to diaries and auto-interviews; the delusional aspect of talking to yourself; the arrogance of conception, realization, publication, thinking you have something valuable to share; the deep-rooted vanity of a so-called struggling author to expose herself, her anxieties,…
It’s All About the Questions
My knuckles, wrists, and knees are bruised. I have cuts and magic marker stains all over my hands. I wake up in the middle of the night, heart pounding, certain that the mover will arrive in one hour and not…
The Masterclass Report
Viet allowed me to share his advice with you all, so here are a few of his pointers in my own words.
Interview: F(r)iction
—Why did I write “A Whale in Paris”? —What Dutch words are untranslatable? —What books did I read as a kid? May 2018 Rebecca Hannigan interviewed me for F(r)iction
Interview: Farsickness Journal
Intro: “Paris-based novelist Claire Polders discusses how watery places—from Iceland to Greece to the shores of her native Holland—have inspired her work.” Megan Harlan interviewed me for Farsickness Journal. February 2018. “There wasn’t really one place that most captivated me.…
