Katie Zdybel
An interview with author Nathan Jarelle
I've been very fortunate to edit Nathan Jarelle's first novel, Beyond Poetry, and its sequel—releas ed this week—Beyond Poetry: Above &...
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Katie Zdybel
May 18, 20221 min read
what does equipoise even mean?
Well, I don't really know, but I can tell you what it means to me. The word came to me in the middle of the title story, "Equipoise", of...
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Katie Zdybel
Apr 28, 20221 min read
appreciating the non-extraordinary
I recently talked with my aunt, Rebecca Zdybel, who is an exceptionally talented artist and art teacher based in South Carolina. She has...
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Katie Zdybel
Apr 7, 20221 min read
the art & craft of finding characters
Last month, my good friend Mathew Oakes, Ph. D. Professor of Composition and Literature, invited me to talk with his class at Rock Valley...
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Katie Zdybel
Feb 6, 20222 min read
The Art & Craft of Fake it So real by Susan Sanford blades
In a series of interconnected stories, Sanford Blades's writing grips us firmly on the first page and yanks us hard into the life of...
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Katie Zdybel
Sep 30, 20212 min read
the art & craft of waiting
So, turns out, a lot of writing is about waiting. Most of writing is about writing—you sit down and write and rewrite and rewrite. But...
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Katie Zdybel
Aug 20, 20211 min read
summer break
I'll be taking the summer off from blog posts to focus on writing a new novel as well as preparing for the release of my first book,...
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Katie Zdybel
May 31, 20212 min read
The art & craft of the sentence as a unit of measurement
I hope this goes without saying, but I definitely don't consider myself an expert on any of the elements of writing I'm writing about in...
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Katie Zdybel
Apr 30, 20213 min read
The art & craft of the rejection letter
I was recently interviewed by a student of the Rachel Thompson writing course on my process around submissions and rejections. It was...
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Katie Zdybel
Mar 31, 20212 min read
the art & craft of SMALL CEREMONIES
Occasionally in this blog, I'll share a bit about a book I'm reading that is particularly exceptional. The first one is the stunning...
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Katie Zdybel
Feb 19, 20211 min read
the art & craft of THE SEMICOLON
In both my work as an editor (for the great little company, Darling Axe), and as a former English teacher at Yukon College (now...
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Katie Zdybel
Jan 19, 20211 min read
Welcome
Each month, I'll write about the art and craft of a different element of writing and other creative pursuits. How do editors hear...
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