Karen Douglass, Author

Karen Douglass, Author: Prose & Poetry

Tag: writing life

  • BETA READERS APPLY HERE

    I’ve been on a mini sabbatical, letting the ms in progress marinate in its own juices. Tomorrow I’ll do a blitz read through to mark the places that need attention. I think there’s plenty of work left to do. Then I’ll put the book into readable form and start looking for beta readers. If you’re…

  • A New Year’s Wish for Writers

    May we all find in 2016: “the best words in the best order” a horde of readers, all satisfied, challenged or entertained freedom for writers everywhere HAPPY NEW YEAR

  • The Big What If

    Here again are the six novels I’ve been studying in preparation for finishing the first draft of my own work in progress. 1000 White Women: the Journals of May Dodd, by Jim Fergus God Help the Child, by Toni Morrison Neverhome, by Laird Hunt Summer People, by Marge Piercy The Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood…

  • The Courage of Writers

    This week I sat in a local diner with other writers who impressed me by their willingness to approach tough stuff. One had the courage to describe his mother in more or less balanced terms without the sentimentality or vitriol that inherently sneaks into this mother of all topics. Another wrote about her insecurity and…

  • Break Time, Brake Time

    By the time you read this I will have driven five hours north to visit friends in South Dakota. We’ve been waiting for all the omens to bode well and finally they do: nothing on the schedule for the next three days, good weather forecast, and the price of gas is down. All of which…