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Every Natural Fact: Five Seasons of Open-Air Parenting
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Featured Author
Karen McQuestion
Karen McQuestion's writing has appeared in Newsweek,
the Chicago Tribune, Christian
Science Monitor, Denver Post,
Wisconsin Academy Review, Generations
magazine and other fine publications. Her essays have appeared in
numerous anthologies. In addition, she was awarded a winter/spring 2003
Ragdale
Foundation residency for fiction. Most recently she served as a commentator
for the local NPR affiliate, WUWM. Other samples of her work can be seen at
www.karenmcquestion.com.
Her most recent
anthology credit is A Cup of Comfort for Writers.
Read
the interview by Amy L Jenkins to learn more.
AJ: Congratulations on having another essay published in the series. Do you
have other anthology credits?
KM: Thanks, Amy! Besides A Cup of Comfort for
Writers, I've been fortunate in that I've been published in three other
anthologies: Life Lessons for Women, Chicken Soup to Inspire a
Woman's Soul and A Cup of Comfort for Friends.
AJ: Some of our readers are aspiring writers; do you have any advice as to
how they could hone their essays?
KM: Writing personal essays requires an economy of words. In a short space the
writer needs to make their point in an interesting and heartfelt way. I
usually start out writing something sprawling and messy, then whittle it down
as I go. I try to remember that the beginning should convey the promise of
what is to come, and the ending should wrap it up, bringing a sense of
completion.
AJ: You have a very specific voice. Some have called you the new Erma
Bombeck. How did you develop and how do you honor that writing voice?
KM: The new Erma Bombeck? I wish! Thank you for the compliment. I will admit
my essays are always humorous. I've tried writing serious pieces and they
always come out flat and heavy-handed (one trusted reader even used the word
"preachy" --ack!). Like most writers, I didn't deliberately try to develop a
voice--it just evolved over time. Most of my humor comes from admitting my own
shortcomings. For some reason, people can relate to that and find it amusing.
AJ: Do you have any advice to our readers who wish to publish in anthologies?
KM: In my experience, "writing light" often gives a writer an edge when
submitting to anthologies. So many essays that come across an editor's desk
are serious and deep, which is wonderful of course, but they also need
humorous pieces to balance out the book. So if you have a humorous story with
a point, your submission will stand out.
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