Jan Ellison

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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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Featured Radio Interview

Jan interviewed by Mark Perzel


WVXU Cincinnati 91.7, The Book Club
March 25, 2016

Featured Video

Jan and other featured authors at the Pasadena Festival of Women Authors


Pasadena Festival of Women Authors
Pasadena, California, April 9, 2016

Featured Interview

Every Notebook, Photo, and Letter: Jan Ellison interviewed in American Short Fiction

Interviewed by Rachel Howell
July 12, 2016

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