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Stories that EmpowerCaitlin Hamilton Summie (Special)Caitlin shares how giving her stories the time they deserve to be told well, staying the course and not giving up enabled her to publish her books. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - stories connect us - stay in the course - don't give up - give our stories the time they deserve - just write, don't judge - intuition is at the heart of what we do - trust our intuitions - not everyone will be a reader of your story - write the book your way - it's ok to step away https://caitlinhamiltonsummie.com...
2022-06-2720 min
Stories that Empower258 Caitlin Hamilton Summie (Special)Caitlin shares how giving her stories the time they deserve to be told well, staying the course and not giving up enabled her to publish her books. She shares the following nuggets of life wisdom: - stories connect us - stay in the course - don't give up - give our stories the time they deserve - just write, don't judge - intuition is at the heart of what we do - trust our intuitions - not everyone will be a reader of your story - write the book your way
2022-06-2720 min
New Books in LiteratureCaitlin Hamilton Summie, "Geographies of the Heart" (Fornite, 2022)Three members of a loving Minnesota family have a voice in Caitlin Hamilton Summie’s new thought-provoking novel-in-stories, Geographies of the Heart (Fomite 2022). Sarah, the eldest daughter, Al, Sarah’s husband, and Glennie, Sarah’s younger sister take turns telling their story. The book begins with Sarah and Al’s courtship, their relationships with Sarah’s aging grandparents, their courtship trials, and their dream of being parents. There are moving chapters about Sarah and Glennie’s grandfather, his army buddies, his slow decline, and chapters about the family quilt, the aunt who disappeared, Sarah’s relationship with her grandmother. There are also h...
2022-05-1720 min
Write The Book: Conversations on CraftCaitlin Hamilton Summie - 1/24/22Author Caitlin Hamilton Summie, whose new novel is Geographies of the Heart (Fomite).
This week’s Write the Book Prompt was generously offered by my guest, Caitlin Hamilton Summie. Consider the following prompt:
“I didn’t want to steal it, but I did.”
Good luck with your work in the coming week, and tune in next week for another prompt or suggestion.
Music Credit: Aaron Shapiro
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2022-01-2650 min
Thoughts from a Page PodcastSanjena Sathian - GOLD DIGGERSSanjena and I discuss her debut novel Gold Diggers, the responsibilities that come with assimilation, conceptual orphans, writing the research problem she encountered into Gold Diggers, her background as a journalist, Mindy Kaling optioning her story for a TV series, and much more.Sanjena’s recommended reads are:
All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews
Groundskeeping by Lee Cole
The Four Books by Yan Lianke
Thanks to Caitlin Hamilton Summie for sponsoring this episode. Her book To Lay To Rest Our Ghosts can be purchased here. Support the podcast he...
2021-04-2328 min
Crime and Wine: Novelist Chats with Pamela Fagan HutchinsCaitlin Hamilton Summie & TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTSCaitlin Hamilton Summie, author of TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS, joins Pamela Fagan Hutchins on Wine Women & Writing. Caitlin's transcendent collection of short stories mesmerized Pamela. Join them for a fascinating and fun discussion of the art of story telling, the impact of geography and weather and the human heart and behavior, and the importance of family. And laughs. A lot of laughs.
For more information on Caitlin and her writing, visit http://caitlinhamiltonsummie.com
For more information on Pamela, the show, and her books visit http://pamelafaganhutchins.com
Wine Women & Writing...
2020-07-1526 min
Literary Roadhouse: One Short Story, Once a WeekEnid & Floyd & the Moon - Jeanne Shoemaker - Literary Roadhouse Ep 173
Discussion Notes: Enid & Floyd & the Moon
This week’s story: Enid & Floyd & the Moon by Jeanne Shoemaker
Next week’s story: The Effluent Engine by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: Clean
This week we welcome Caitlin Hamilton Summie to the podcast to discuss a story she recommends: “Enid & Floyd & the Moon” by Jeanne Shoemaker.
Author Caitlin Hamilton Summie
Caitlin is the author of the short story collection To Lay To Rest Our Ghosts. The book won the the Phillip J McMath Postpublication award from the University of Central Arkansas...
2020-01-1541 min
Author2AuthorAuthor2Author with Caitlin Hamilton Summie Bill welcomes short story writer and publicist Caitlin Hamilton Summie to the show. Caitlin is the former Marketing Director of MacMurray & Beck and also of BlueHen Books/Penguin Putnam. At each company she also managed imprint profile and directed all publicity, hardcover & paperback. Her first book, a collection of short stories called TO LAY TO REST OUR GHOSTS, was published to excellent reviews nationwide, including a starred Foreword. The title won Silver in the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, was selected for 35 Over 35‘s Annual List, and is also a Pulpwood Queens Book Club selection. Don't miss it!
2018-10-1632 min