Today my guest is Jane Messer, a writer, former Associate Professor in Creative Writing, and mentor for fiction and nonfiction authors. In this episode, we explore Jane’s early fascination with storytelling, leading to further study in literature, sociology and philosophy. Jane has published novels and anthologies of world literature, radio dramas, short stories and most recently, a narrative video game. Jane also shares insights into her current project Raven Mother, a memoir-biography that explores her German Jewish grandmother and fathers' lives in 1930s Berlin, Tel Aviv and Melbourne. This nonfiction work is based on personal experiences within major historical events, and explores notions of intergenerational presence and absence, love, motherhood, relationship and identity. Jane outlines the essential contract of trust and honesty of intention between the author and the reader, as well as some the practicalities for the writer, related to evidence, research, and note taking.
Links:
https://janemesser.com/
