Tranquility du Jour #369: The Writing Practice

Author: Kimberly Wilson
Published: Mon 02 May 2016
Episode Link: https://hiptranquilchick.libsyn.com/tranquility-du-jour-369-the-writing-practice

The Writing Practice with Heather Sellers. Hear her
story of face blindness, learn about the structure of braiding, and
the value of slowing down to see what's really there.

Direct download: Tranquility
du Jour #369: The Writing Practice

Featured Guest:

Heather Sellers’ award-winning memoir, You Don’t
Look Like Anyone I Know, has been featured by O,
the Oprah Magazine, where it was a book of the month pick, Good
Morning America, Rachel Ray, NPR, The New York Times, Dick Gordon’s
The Story, Good Housekeeping, More, Elle, and many others.

Heather Sellers was born and raised in Orlando,
Florida. Her PhD in English/Creative Writing is from Florida State
University. A professor of English at the University of South
Florida in the creative writing program, she teaches poetry,
nonfiction, and writing for children. Awarded an NEA Fellowship for
fiction, she published a short story collection, Georgia Under
Water, a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers
selection. She’s published a children’s book, Spike and Cubby’s
Ice Cream Island Adventure, three volumes of poetry, and three
books on the craft of writing. Her popular textbook for writers in
any genre, The Practice of Creative Writing, is out in its
second edition from Bedford/St. Martins. She’s taught at the
University of Texas—San Antonio and St. Lawrence University, and,
for 18 years, at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. She’s
currently at work on a novel for young readers, essays, and a new
memoir.