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Ten Tips for When you Feel Lost

There are many paths to writing a novel and they all go through The Woods. If the children’s story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt has taught us anything it’s that we can’t ease our journeys by skipping over or ducking under obstacles. There is no way around the swampy, buggy, painstaking parts of the writing process. The Woods is where novels are written, and authors are born. If we make it through. [...]

By |2022-08-01T11:25:00-05:00August 1, 2022|Uncategorized|

Evolution and Breaking into the Book Industry

I am thinking about evolutionary biology as applied to society. Specifically, I am questioning the role of literature and fiction therein. It seems that societies–at least the ones that I am familiar with–do not select for fiction writers. There aren’t clearly defined career pathways, as there are for other professions, to help fictionites get from A to B, and this is a way of selecting against the craft. (Even MFA programs are not guaranteed entry passes into the hard and rewarding work of fiction.) […]

By |2022-07-25T12:41:55-05:00July 25, 2022|Uncategorized|

Hailey Feinzig inducted into Phi Kappa Phi

Phi Kappa Phi was founded in 1897 at the University of Maine by a group of students who felt a need for an honor society that would recognize excellence across the whole range of academic disciplines. Hailey, a member of the Saha Lab, is one of only 86 undergraduates chosen this year at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

By |2022-08-16T10:49:22-05:00May 17, 2022|Recognition and Awards|
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