ESSAYS & INTERVIEWS
How Travel’s Payoffs Beat a Paycheck
Instead of joining the work force after college, the author of A Small Indiscretion recklessly joined her friends on a round-the-world adventure that she’s still writing about today.
The Wall Street Journal
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9 Practical Tricks for Writing Your First Novel
The most important things I learned while writing A Small Indiscretion.
Writer’s Digest
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A Way of Making Art: Jan Ellison
Author/creative coach Cristina Spencer interviews Jan about her approach to writing and life, and the winding road to A Small Indiscretion.
Cristina Spencer: Rubies and Rubble (interview)
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3Ws – Three Questions for author Jan Ellison
Writer Allie Larkin asks Jan three “W” questions. Jan’s responses illustrates some of her perspectives on creating and consuming.
Allie Larkin Writes (interview)
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Q & A with Writer Jan Ellison
Jan discusses the role of images, where to find inspiration, why she writes,
and what she’s working on now.
W3 Sidecar (interview)
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Give Yourself Permission to Stake out the Territory of Your Writing Life
Breaking into print, writing habits, and advice for aspiring female writers.
PubSlush (interview)
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The Novel in the Drawer Finds Light
The long and winding road to finishing a first novel and the not so long road to selling it.
1st Books Blog (guest post)
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O. Henry Prize Author Spotlight
Jan’s 2007 interview on winning the O. Henry Prize for her first published short story.
Anchor Books/Random House (interview)
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Village Books Q & A
Read Jan’s guest post on the Village House of Books website, where she addresses a question writers often dread. The context, of course is her debut novel, A Small Indiscretion.
Village Books/Guest Post
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