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Feature Article Appeared in the Times Union on Nov. 10, 2022
Coleen Murtagh Paratore shares author advice in 'Dear Writer'
Author and former Troy City Council member will host various workshops based on her book, learnings.
By Donna Liquori Nov. 10, 2022
Coleen Murtagh Paratore calls it “the spark” – an idea so special that you stop what you’re doing to write it down.
She jotted down a lot of ideas about writing over her career and collected them in a box, a process she likens to collecting fireflies in a jar, thinking she’d eventually share these sparks with aspiring writers. Read More
She jotted down a lot of ideas about writing over her career and collected them in a box, a process she likens to collecting fireflies in a jar, thinking she’d eventually share these sparks with aspiring writers. Read More
“Coleen Paratore’s latest beckons generously to anyone who has ever felt an inchoate impulse, deep within, rise and try to regulate itself into language. The proper response to her solid and thoughtful advice is to write, write more, write with both abandon and control. Even if you have both hands tied behind your back, pick up a pencil with your teeth and get to work, dear writer.” - Gregory Maguire, NYT Best-selling author of WICKED
"When my first book was published by Simon & Schuster in 2004, there was so much I wanted to share about writing and publishing that I decided to write a book on the topic. I jotted 'my book on writing' on a yellow sticky note, stapled it on a large cardboard box and set in on a shelf in my office, Over the next sixteen years as I had 21 more books published, taught countless writing workshops, and did private book coaching -- each time I felt I knew something to be true and encouraging about writing, I wrote it down and tossed it in that cardboard box. About two years ago, on a whim, I weighed the box -- 8lbs, 4 oz -- a nice healthy baby weight. My book was ready to be born."
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“From the first line, Coleen pulled me in, inspired me, took my hand. She got me thinking like a writer again.” - Kathleen Elken, Editor
“Reading DEAR WRITER gave me the courage and audacity to call myself an author.” - Mindy Miner Holland, Librarian & Aspiring Author
“Reading DEAR WRITER gave me the courage and audacity to call myself an author.” - Mindy Miner Holland, Librarian & Aspiring Author
Coleen Paratore at a Book Signing
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