Alice
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Janet Fitch:
Not a question but just wanted to share with you how instructive and supportive your talk was at the Writer's Conference. I watched it twice. It was fascinating to learn about the descriptor journals you've kept for so many years. Wish I'd learned that earlier in life! Every time I write about a color, I think of your advice. I've been told my comment needs a question mark... How do you balance writing and teaching?
Janet Fitch
Hi Alice! So glad you enjoyed my talk. I do a weekly writing "fireside chat" every Wednesday on my Facebook author page, Writing Wednesdays, and archive them on YouTube, if you want to see more. As to your question, teaching is an outlet to my more critical, intellectual, rational side, while writing expresses my more exploratory, intuitive side. I'm very sociable for a writer, so teaching satisfies that side of my life. I spend 95% of my time writing, 5% teaching. It's a good balance.
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Katy
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Janet Fitch:
White Oleander is one of my most beloved books, I read it every spring. It taught me a lot as a human and a baby writer. I love and I hate Ingrid. I'm fascinated by her. I'd love to know more about where she came from, what created such an unlikely and extraordinary person. Other than the tiny titbits offered in the book, is there anything you can share about her family/upbringing?
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