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Ever tie your story or novel into a knot trying to revise it?
My parents took me and my brother to Disneyland when we were three and five. I have foggy memories of twirling inside a tea cup and floating past singing pirates, though maybe these are not …
What is the urgent thing you need to say that’s at the core of the story you’re currently writing?
You don’t have to answer here, but see if you can distill the idea into a single sentence. And then read that sentence every time you sit down to …
We talked about heroes this month, and every time I think of the word “hero,” I get that Mariah Carey song stuck in my head.
I heard that song constantly when I worked as a counselor at a rape crisis center because one of my teenage clients loved …
Say you come across a kid who hurts the way you did as a child. Tell me what you’d say or do that might make a difference to him. Or, to put it another way, what’s the thing you wish someone had done for you?
Wednesday, Lac Su will be …
For all you NPR junkies and short story lovers, get ready for DimeStories! To tell you what it’s about and how it began, please meet my friends and the hosts of the show: Amy Wallen, a bestselling author who has been described as “Eudora Welty on speed,” …