Catching up with the project & looking ahead

A little holiday break

Thank you for joining us these past eight weeks to consider the truth in fiction and the layers of story making. I’ve got two more weeks for you from Part I with a focus on Pathetic Fallacy and Nothingness (or Negative Space/Silence…). These will be published in January after a little holiday break.

I’ve just arrived in the US for three weeks and just not sure how responsive I’ll be. I’m hoping to get lost in the New England woods à la Robert Frost. The comments and ideas from your own work have been invaluable and I want to be present for them! Plus, I want to share with you two different posts in these coming weeks.

If you’d like to catch up or take another look at the podcast and novel so far, you can click on the links in the Table of Contents below.

Table of Contents

GIF by Susan Cipriano from Pixabay

The winter solstice marks a favorite transition of mine…that to more potential for snow. I am one of those strange creatures who craves the cold. It somehow sparks my motivation and energy more than any other time of year. The chance to go skiing doesn’t hurt, either!

Next week, I’ll share something I wrote last year for the solstice. It also contains a lot of winter reading gems you may want to check out. The following week, I’m taking part in an exciting project from

Ben Wakeman

and will bring you some original fiction in response to another participant’s personal prompt. The idea is to share being human by imagining ourselves in someone else’s position and writing a fiction to capture those feelings. I think it’s a wonderful initiative and plan to use it with students in the near future.

BONUS: Here’s a link to Paul Auster reading Auggie Wren’s Christmas Story, which became the basis for his collaborations with Wayne Wang (Smoke & Blue in the Face). You may recall that I’m a little obsessed with Auster’s writing and spent five weeks exploring it this year.

Kate Jones

recently shared with me this article from The Guardian about his potentially last novel (!!) and cancer.

Have a wonderful holiday, no matter what and how you celebrate! I hope you have a chance to take a break.