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Dawn Davies

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Born
Scranton, Pee Ay, The United States
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Memoir, Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Paul Fussell, Vlad Nabokov, James Herriot, E. Annie Proulx, David Rako ...more

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    I have liked writing since I was a little kid. Early writing activities included multiple attempts at getting published in Readers Digest's "Life in These United States," writing radio show scripts which I produced on a cassette player in my room, and parodying stories in the style of authors I admired. After I dropped out of college, I wrote for fun, then got married, had children, stopped writing for fun and began writing for work (web content, scientific textbook ad copy, and editing for other authors). I went back to school as an adult and earned a BA in Liberal Arts and an MFA in Creative Writing

​�         I have garnered over fifty publications in literary journals and magazines, including McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, The Misso ...more

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Hi! I just finished Mothers of Sparta It is my book club choice for this month. Can you help me lead the group? Questions to ask? Ohh how I wish you could be here in Puerto Rico I identify so much with this book I read the first essay 4 times and cried every time
Dawn Davies Hi Maru!
Thank you so much for reading MOS. I am grateful, and honored that you identify with it. Here’s a secret about “Night Swim,â€� the first essay.…m´Ç°ù±ðHi Maru!
Thank you so much for reading MOS. I am grateful, and honored that you identify with it. Here’s a secret about “Night Swim,� the first essay....I have trouble reading it at book readings because I still choke up. I read it often, because it’s short and people like hearing shorter things, and yet I still get wobbly every time.

Regarding the book group, I would love to help. You know, I could be there in person by Skype or something like Skype, if people wanted to ask questions.(less)
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Dawn Davies I usually have three or more projects going on at the same time, so when I get stuck on one, that sometimes means I need to take a few days off from i…m´Ç°ù±ðI usually have three or more projects going on at the same time, so when I get stuck on one, that sometimes means I need to take a few days off from it. I put it aside and work on something else for a bit.

Sometimes these "projects" are simply different essays. I might get stuck on one....which means I am not clear enough with what I want to say, so I step back and pick up another essay, or more often, I switch to fiction. Then when I come back to the project that was giving me a hard time, I can look at it with fresh eyes. That usually does the trick.

Sometimes I stop writing for a few days and just read. Other people's work, not my own. That helps. It's okay to take a day off, unless you are on deadline.

By the way, I never get stuck when on a deadline. I think the fear of blowing the deadline gives me enough power to muscle through anything. Fear is a powerful motivator.

Being blocked with something you are trying to write doesn't mean you are finished and will never write again. If it happens to you, be nice to yourself. Figure out what you need to step past the block. Be nice to yourself, but not too nice. Don't quit writing.(less)
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Everybody loves the word "sweepstakes."

It hints at the promise of a win! Something someone gives you with no strings attached! When does that happen anymore?

Flatiron Books is giving away 50 copies of my new book, Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces.
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