Ten Questions for Heather McCalden

“Trust yourself; if you can manage that, the writing will come.” —Heather McCalden, author of The Observable Universe: An Investigation
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“Trust yourself; if you can manage that, the writing will come.” —Heather McCalden, author of The Observable Universe: An Investigation
“Growth shouldn’t only happen on the page.” —Zefyr Lisowski, author of Girl Work
“I thought a book could be carved out of a block of poems, but instead it had to start from blank space.” —Cindy Juyoung Ok, author of Ward Toward
“For every book, different literary angels perch on my shoulder.” —Tomás Q. Morín, author of Where Are You From: Letters to My Son
“I would write the scene and shake my head in disbelief that a character wanted to do that.” —Phillip B. Williams, author of Ours
“Your instinct to wait to publish is right. You only get one debut.” —Omotara James, author of Song of My Softening
“The computer I write on is never allowed to go online.” —Margot Livesey, author of The Road From Belhaven
“Don’t stop writing, no matter what.” —Diana Khoi Nguyen, author of Root Fractures
“In the intimacy of the book, I feel very vulnerable.” —Zachary Pace, author of I Sing to Use the Waiting: A Collection of Essays About the Women Singers Who’ve Made Me Who I Am
“I tend to expect the path to be straightforward. It seldom is.” —Kimberly Blaeser, author of Ancient Light