Sarah Selecky
WRITING SCHOOL
Recent Posts
New Zealand! Australia! + a new reading list.
Hello hello hello! A few fun things to share today: Radiant Shimmering Light is officially available in bookstores down under! My novel received a lovely review on Radio NZ’s review program Nine to Noon. I wrote this piece about being an artist + entrepreneur and writing Radiant Shimmering Light for the Australian magazine Kill Your… [Read More]
Write the forbidden.
Trish recommended Priestdaddy to me months ago — she knows me well. Patricia Lockwood’s memoir about her father, a Catholic priest, is fascinating and outrageous. It’s excruciatingly well-written, and unlike anything else I’ve ever read. How did Lockwood write this? How did she find the words to write something so — inexpressible? How did she… [Read More]
Little Bird Stories Volume EIGHT has landed!
In person, I mean! Ten copies of these books are in my hands, right now, as I write this. Well okay, I have a little stack right beside me, because I’m typing and both of my hands are on my laptop. We’ve been running this gorgeous writing contest for eight years strong. And this year,… [Read More]
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— Margaret Atwood
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