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Lea Page is a wonderful writer and long-time Book Writing World student whose first book–Parenting in the Here and Now: Realizing the Strengths You Already Have–was recently published by Floris Press. She has also written two moving and evocative memoirs. In our conversation, we discuss juggling writing projects and developing a daily writing practice. Lea, who has placed many short pieces for publication, shares great insights about the benefits of the submission process (besides occasional publication) as well as how to persist, cheer rejection, and succeed! We covered resistance, inspiration v. planning, and some structure questions you can ask yourself. Finally, we looked at finding your beginning and your ending in memoir, the power of story and how to think about memoir as taking steps on your arc. We learned a lot from this promising and disciplined writer.
Links Discussed:
Creative Writing Opportunities Group List: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/CRWROPPS-B/info
Joan Gelfand, submissions coach: http://www.joangelfand.com/
Find Lea, her blog and her parenting book at: http://www.leapageauthor.com/
Lea Page
Lea Page has mentored Steiner-Waldorf homeschooling mothers for a decade and has many years experience as a La Leche League leader. She and her husband homeschooled both their children in rural Montana. Lea has studied education, literature and leadership. She now lives and writes in New Hampshire.
Story Makers is a podcast that features in-depth conversations with accomplished writers, filmmakers and industry experts about story craft, technique, habit and survival–everything you need to know to stay inspired, connect to your creativity, find others’ wonderful stories and your own success.
The hosts:
Elizabeth Stark is a published, agented novelist and distributed filmmaker who teaches and mentors writers at BookWritingWorld.com.
Angie Powers is a distributed filmmaker and published short story writer with an MFA in creative writing and a certificate in screenwriting from UCLA who teaches story structure at BookWritingWorld.com.