What do you create? As a novelist, as well as an occasional nonfictionist of essays and articles, I strive to create conversations--between myself and my readers, my readers and each other, myself and the world. I construct journeys also, both metaphorically and geographically. I’m an expat writer and inveterate traveler, and my work tends to follow suit: my first novel, An Unexpected Guest, was set in Paris, also Dublin and Boston; my new novel, Shining Sea, opens in Southern California and travels to the remote Hebrides islands off the western coast of Scotland and back, with many stops … [Read more...]
3Ws – Louise Miller
What do you create? By day, I create desserts, and by night I create novels that I hope are funny and true. Why do you create? I have always turned to writing to figure the world (and myself) out. As a kid my diary was my lifeline—I didn’t understand how I was feeling unless I wrote it down. As an adult, I find writing fiction to be a wonderful way to explore questions I have without having to upend my life. The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living was inspired in part by my wrestling with the question would I be happy living in the country? I have always had a longing to … [Read more...]
3Ws – Kate Billingsley
What do you create? I’m a trilingual improv artist, performing in the U.S.—New York and Baltimore, Paris, France, and Seville, Spain, with my solo show CommuniKate:ArtAlive! The show focuses on artists, mostly Impressionists, whom I love and whom I want audiences to know and appreciate as well. Things I’ve learned on the trilingual circuit: Clowning and physical comedy are a must for getting the character across, and in France my clown has to be quite cruel and haughty to get a laugh, while in Spain the clown is much louder and melodramatic with lots of singing and gestures, which … [Read more...]
3Ws – Caroline Angell
What do you create? As a writer and a director, I do my best to create characters by fully exploring the complexity of their emotional lives. My favorite living writer is Elizabeth Strout; I had the chance to hear her speak recently, and she talked about how fiction offers an opportunity to extend our empathy. I agree, and my goal is to create a world to explore my own "what if," and provide a chance for a reader (or a viewer) to say "what would I do if...?" Also, I like to create silly, rhyming songs for kids. Just, like, in my regular life. I never write them down, though, because … [Read more...]
3Ws – Matthew Norman
What do you create? Literary comedies with some seriousness woven in. You may be asking yourself, Aren’t those called dramedies? Probably, but, I hate that word, so, no. I also write a lot of short essays about parenthood and marriage. And I write letters to Bono sometimes. Why do you create? This is a good question—one I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. Anyone who writes knows that writing is never easy, but, for me, it was a hell of a lot easier when I was younger. I had boundless energy, virtually no responsibilities or distractions, and I was still naïve … [Read more...]
3Ws – Gina Mulligan
What do you create? I write fiction about strong women for strong women. This comes through my historical novels, magazine articles, and my charity. Using my writing, my voice, has given me a way to create a movement called Girls Love Mail. We collect letters for women newly diagnosed with breast cancer. Letter writing is such a lost art. Creating these special gifts is a way for women to help empower each other Why do you create? I want to give people hope and support. With my charity, I think we’re fulfilling a need, and having such a strong purpose for my work inspires … [Read more...]
3Ws – Lisa Scottoline
What do you create? I think I create stories that inspire, intrigue, terrify, rivet, and ultimately uplift people. I write fiction and nonfiction, and to me, my goal is the same in both, which is all of the above. Why do you create? I create because of the reason I said above, I create to inspire people and help them believe that they can overcome the obstacles in their life. I say this because I’ve written about thirty novels and in everyone an ordinary man or woman is faced with an unusual situation, but one that could occur, and they have to overcome it, simply by dint … [Read more...]
3Ws – Miranda Sajdak
What do you create? I create movies, mostly. And scripts for TV and movies. Pretty much anything to do with the film and TV industries, I've probably had a hand in creating at some point, ranging from reality TV to feature films. Anything that allows me to tell stories for the screen. Why do you create? Great question, but this one is a little harder to verbalize. It almost feels too easy to say "because I couldn't do anything else," but every time I've had that moment of "what if I did this other, easier job?" I'm somehow pulled back to entertainment. After a certain … [Read more...]
3Ws – James Comtois
What do you create? Plays, mostly. Or to be more specific, scripts — I usually need a lot of help getting the scripts turned into full productions of plays. From about 2000 until about 2013, I co-ran a theatre company in New York called Nosedive Productions with our mutual pal Pete Boisvert. Through Nosedive, we staged several of my plays, which was a great deal of fun. I’ve recently stepped away from producing so I can just be a playwright for a little while. That may change in the future, but for now, I really like just being the chef (rather than the chef, the server, the maître-d’ and … [Read more...]
3Ws – Julie Buxbaum
What do you create? Novels. My first two books (The Opposite of Love and After You) were what people in publishing call “contemporary women’s fiction” and my most recent book (Tell Me Three Things) which just came out (!!!), is considered “young adult,” though I like to think my books are for everyone. But really what I create are characters who I come to love and know over the year (or years depending on the book) that I spend writing them. And from there comes plot and then ultimately (hopefully) words and eventually I create a pile of pages that somehow (hopefully) turns into a novel … [Read more...]
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