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Cathy Carr grew up in Wisconsin, where a steady supply of her dad’s stories about his Alaskan adventures sparked her interest in the forty-ninth state. A former copy editor, library clerk, and technical writer, she now lives in New Jersey with her family and writes fiction. See what's new with her at www.cathycarrwrites.com. ...more

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Cathy Carr Hi Courtenay! How great that you're working on a novel. I rewrote 365 DAYS TO ALASKA at least 14 times, and my earliest drafts date from 2014. From st…moreHi Courtenay! How great that you're working on a novel. I rewrote 365 DAYS TO ALASKA at least 14 times, and my earliest drafts date from 2014. From start to finish it was a real haul. But when you're writing a lengthy piece of fiction in a new genre, sometimes it does take that long. I think you're smart to be taking a break if you've gotten frustrated. Maybe switch over and work on another project for a bit. As for what keeps us going--that can be a real mystery. I always think of Olivia Harrison's advice on how to stay married. She famously said, "Don't get divorced." Just don't give up. Keep trying, keep working. Writing is not a pastime where we always get a lot of external validation. Most of us have to have our own reasons for doing it, even when we can't articulate them easily. I hope this helps a little, and thanks for your good words about 365 DAYS. (less)
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"Indian in the Cupboard meets Grimms' fairly tales in this enchanting story of middle schooler Greta who receives a cuckoo clock as a gift, only to discover not only that one of the clock's figurines is alive, but that there's a fantastical world insi" Read more of this review »
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“If you're going to be weird, be confident about it.”
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“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
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Franz Kafka
“You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”
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“A word after a word after a word is power.”
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Lev Grossman
“He'd known that adventures were supposed to be hard. He'd understood that he would have to go a long way and solve difficult problems and fight foes and be brave and whatever else. But this was hard in a way he hadn't counted on. You couldn't kill it with a sword or fix it with a spell. You couldn't fight it. You just had to endure it, and you didn't look good or noble or heroic doing it. You were just the guy people felt sorry for, that was all. It didn't make a good story--in fact he saw now that the stories had it all wrong, about what you got, and what you gave.”
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