“There’s Someone Out There...I just Have to Find Them." — Christine Kalafus tells the story of FLOOD

About this episode

Christine Kalafus shares her experiences with writing and discusses her book FLOOD.

Send us Fan Mail Christine tells the story of FLOOD and talks about: Westport Writers Workshop Christine Pakkala Copy editing your own work Thinking about text structure like architecture Agent shenanigans Woodhall Press Shampoo and sugar as essential writing tools Combatting perfectionism Jaclyn Gilbert and Drift(less) Literary Poets and their memoirs Learn more about Christine here Buy FLOOD here

People in this episode

Host: Brianna Avenia-Tapper

Guest: Christine Kalafus

Topics covered

• writing process
• copy editing
• text structure
• literary agents
• memoirs
• perfectionism

Keywords

• FLOOD
• Westport Writers Workshop
• copy editing
• text structure
• literary agents
• memoirs
• perfectionism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Westport Writers Workshop, Woodhall Press

Books & works: FLOOD, Drift(less)

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