In this episode, Sam and Melanie talk with September featured writer, Paula Treick DeBoard, about low residency MFA programs, balancing writing and teaching, publishing industry labels for writing by women, and more! Plus, Paula reads her compelling letter of encouragement.
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Paula Treick DeBoard is a fiction writer in Northern California, with roots throughout the Midwest. She is the author of four novels, including Here We Lie (Park Row Books, 2018) and holds an MFA from the University of Southern Maine. Since 2015, she has taught writing at the University of California, Merced. Her street cred with students begins and ends with an appearance in 2016 on a Comic-Con panel called “Sweet Dreams Aren’t Made of These: Horror and Thriller Writers Bring You Their Worst Nightmares.” If it wasn’t for her husband and two dogs, she would probably get more writing done. Or maybe not.
Writers to Read
Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez
The Wolf Wants In by Laura McHugh
These Women by Ivy Pochoda