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 Conversations with Other Writers:
Michael K. SchuesslerAs part of the series of occasional Conversations with Other Writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Mexican art and literature expert Michael K. Schuessler, author of the biographies of two major Mexican literary figures, Gualadupe Amor: La undécima musa and Elena Poniatowska: An Intimate Portrait, and editor of Alma Reed's long lost autobiography, Peregrina: Love and Death in Mexico. *About one hour and 7 minutes. |
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| Conversations with Other Writers:
Edward Swift As part of the series of occasional Conversations with Other Writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Edward Swift, author of the memoir My Grandfather's Finger and many acclaimed novels, including Splendora and The Daughter of the Doctor and the Saint. *About one hour and 15 minutes. |
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| Conversations
with Other Writers: Sara Mansfield Taber As part of the series of occasional Conversations with Other Writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Sara Mansfield Taber, author of the memoir Born Under an Assumed Name: The Memoir of a Cold War Spy's Daughter. |
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| Ten
Tips to Help You Get the Most from Your Writing Workshop C.M. Mayo offers tips based on more years than she would like to admit of taking and teaching writing workshops. |
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| How
to Break a Writing Block C.M. Mayo on the power on the five minute writing exercise. The end of this podcast offers an exercise— so get out your pen and paper. (For more exercises, visit "Giant Golden Buddha & 364 More 5 Minute Writing Exercises.) *About 11 minutes. Please note that on iTunes the timing is only 7 minutes, so if you're doing the writing exercise, best to listen on podomatic (the button to the left). |
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| Techniques
of Fiction: The Number One Technique in the Supersonic Overview From C.M. Mayo's "Techniques of Fiction" workshop: the number one technique. An explanation with examples, plus a nuggest of advice from Chekhov. (For C.M. Mayo's upcoming workshops, and for many other resources for writers, click here.)*About 8 minutes |
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| The
Arc of Writerly Action From a panel discussion on writing historical fiction at the American Independent Writers Association Conference, held at the Writer's Center (near Washington DC), June 2011.  About 8 and a half minutes |
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| On
Declutterng Your Writing: The Interior Decoration Analogy C.M. Mayo offers a bit of advice for writers. About
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| The Writing
Life: A Report from the Field A panel discussion at the "Artlantic" Festival at the Writer's Center in Bthesda MD May 22, 2010 with C.M. Mayo, David Taylor, Alan Elsner, Kevin Quirk, and moderator Jessie Siegal. About
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| Twelve Tips
to Help You Hang in There and Finish Your Novel C.M. Mayo reads from her guestblog post for Work-in-Progress and the Writer's Center's First Person Plural blogs. About
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