Author Archives: Theodora Goss

I’ve been writing poetry for as long as I can remember. The earliest poems of mine that I still have are from high school. That’s when I started writing seriously, on scraps of paper, whatever I had on hand, and … Continue reading →

This year, my writing income will exceed my expenses. Last year, it was the other way around. That’s how it is with writing when you’re trying to build a career. I should explain what I mean by a career, because … Continue reading →

One of the hardest things about being a writer is that you can only tell your own stories. I don’t mean that you can only write about yourself, or only about people like you. Of course you can write about … Continue reading →

The more I study myself and other people, the most I realize that if you don’t find the things you need inside yourself, you won’t find them on the outside. You can’t find the things you need outside yourself. I’m … Continue reading →

I had a sort of epiphany recently, which makes it sound much more grandiose than it actually was. When I moved into the apartment where I live now, I had the sense that I was going to live here for … Continue reading →

I love books on writing by actual writers. They tend to be less writing advice and more about being a writer, being the sort of person who makes things up in your head and then writes them down. They tend … Continue reading →

At the last Stonecoast residency, I gave a seminar called Magical Realism: Theory and Practice. At the next residency, I’ll be leading a workshop on writing magical realism, or the intersection between magic and realism where we usually place that … Continue reading →