Donna Levin, Author at Women Writers, Women's Books http://booksbywomen.org/author/donnalevin/ Tue, 03 Mar 2020 10:15:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 And Then, Two More: Donna Levin https://booksbywomen.org/and-then-two-more-donna-levin/ https://booksbywomen.org/and-then-two-more-donna-levin/#respond Tue, 03 Mar 2020 08:59:05 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=29793 I wrote a book called Get That Novel Started, some years ago, for Writer’s Digest Books. I had only been a writing instructor for a few years, and sensed that it was soon for me to write a book about craft, but they offered me a book contract, and how often do you turn that […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/and-then-two-more-donna-levin/feed/ 0 29793 Your Writing Group & You: How to Get the Most Out of What Can Be a Challenging Experience https://booksbywomen.org/your-writing-group-you-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-what-can-be-a-challenging-experience/ https://booksbywomen.org/your-writing-group-you-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-what-can-be-a-challenging-experience/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2019 20:09:38 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=27012 Writing fiction is a solitary pursuit. The writers of Saturday Night Live might have great craic (“craic” being the Irish word for “fun”) aiming paper airplanes across the table, and end up with memorable and quirky sketches, but it doesn’t work for us novelists. We must work alone. Thus, we need to pause long enough […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/your-writing-group-you-how-to-get-the-most-out-of-what-can-be-a-challenging-experience/feed/ 1 27012 The Professor of Mean https://booksbywomen.org/the-professor-of-mean-by-donna-levin/ https://booksbywomen.org/the-professor-of-mean-by-donna-levin/#respond Sun, 04 Nov 2018 09:23:54 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=24608 I went to my first writers conference a very long time ago. It was held over the summer on the University of California Berkeley campus; I believe it was sponsored by the Berkeley English department, but as they say in the movie Airplane, “that’s not important now.” I won’t name the man who was in […]

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]]> https://booksbywomen.org/the-professor-of-mean-by-donna-levin/feed/ 0 24608 If I’m Neuro-Typical, Can I Write About the Neuro-Diverse? https://booksbywomen.org/if-im-neuro-typical-can-i-write-about-the-neuro-diverse-by-donna-levin/ https://booksbywomen.org/if-im-neuro-typical-can-i-write-about-the-neuro-diverse-by-donna-levin/#comments Mon, 01 May 2017 08:51:15 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=18340 In 2003, Mark Haddon made a well-deserved splash with his first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It’s a coming-of-age tale posing as a mystery, narrated by Christopher Boone, a 15-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome. It was a break-through book, one that introduced people on the autism spectrum, especially the autistic savant, to […]

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