Coffee & Writing

by Miriam Kavanagh

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  • Researching like a Vampire with a Cat

    I can’t sleep, so I decided to do research based on my new memoir, “Shattered Rose Glasses” about the time in 2012 when I went to Juarez, Mexico to be a missionary at a El Manantial, a place for special needs youths and adults that my convent (which I am no longer in–whoo what an… Read more

  • To Critique or Not to Critique, that was Their Question

    I got critiqued by three literary agents on Saturday at the Writers Day Workshop online in Colorado. Brutal would be an understatement. The first agent was told me to go ahead with my pitch, then she asked me “Where do you see this on a shelf in a bookstore?” and “What are your comps?” (Comps… Read more

  • Two Hours is Enough, Right?

    Two hours of sleep is enough. The truth is my sleep was terrible and I woke up with a panic attack. Don’t you love those kind of nights? I can’t imagine why I would have a panic attack, considering I’m pitching on a wing and a prayer in three days (counting today, since it’s only… Read more

  • Ever Want to Leap Over a Day?

    As I told you in “A Girl’s Allowed to Vacillate” I changed my topic that I’m going to pitch three weeks before I pitch it. I know, I’m like so smart. At any rate, I had forgotten I was bringing it to be critiqued to the Cincinnati Fiction Writer’s group on March 4. My deadline… Read more

  • A Girl’s Allowed to Vacillate

    So, there’s another fabulous online writing conference from Writing Day Workshops (http://writingdayworkshops.com). You can also have an inexpensive ten-minute interview with a literary agent. So cool. I am writing a memoir/creative nonfiction. I had a beautiful outline about the relationship I had with my superior in the convent. I got to the end of this… Read more