Tag: Season 3

De candil a candela de Juan Moreno Huertos

De la foto familiar de mis abuelos en medio de sus cinco hijas y sus dos varones, foto de pequeño tamaño en la que increíblemente cabía familia tan numerosa, me quedaba un recuerdo que, al igual que la propia foto,  había dejado arrinconado y que no era lo suficientemente vivo para motivarme a escribir esta historia. Todo empezó cuando el otro día, al dar con ella, decidí ampliarla, quizá por un miedo irracional a que siguiese menguando hasta desaparecer del todo, como ocurre con muchos  recuerdos.

EP. 33 | Yvonne battle-felton on atlantic city

My grandmother’s house in Atlantic City… this white and pink house a block away from the ocean… you just went in and it felt like home. Whenever I’m thinking about writing or where I feel both safe and comfortable enough to create and imagine anything that’s possible… I go back to that place, that house… When I think about my literary home is that house that’s no longer there.

EP. 32 | Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Facing Rejection When You Write about a Hard Topic

My novel was rejected by so many publishers because it deals with very horrible topics. It deals with death, with  rape, with war, with agent orange, with mass murder, executions… Of course there’s a sense of hope and lots of love, and family bonds… but people have to confront the horror of all the evil and horror to be able to find kindness and compassion. They have to go through a lot of darkness to see the light and they have to become vulnerable together with my characters. So this book is not a fun read, it’s a serious read. So I think a lot of editors thought they wouldn’t be able to sell it.

EP. 26 | yvonne battle-felton on rejection is not about you

I’ll always remember the first time I submitted something to The New Yorker and it was rejected and I was like, yeah, I got a rejection from The New Yorker, that’s pretty cool, and I was talking to a really good friend of mine, who is not a writer, and she was like, oh my gosh, what are you gonna do? Are you gonna stop writing? And I’m like, what are you talking about? They don’t send rejections to everybody… this is great!