The Daily Whatever, July 15: Writers on Writing with Diane Geurts
"Write one sentence per day," and other advice, backstories, and insights from our conversation
Greetings, Whatevers—and a happy Twat-tastic Tuesday* to all who celebrate!
Today we welcomed author Diane Geurts to The Daily Whatever, to talk about her newly published novel, Still the Millers.
We chatted about all the things: self- versus trad-publishing, inspiration and muses, horses and meth labs, and most of all, Diane’s sage advice for all of us multi-hyphenate busy writer Join utypes: write one sentence per day.
Be sure to follow Diane on Substack and Medium!
Huge thanks to Patrick Mill, Beth Cruz, BiffBiff, BJ Roberts, Brandon Ellrich, Mariellen, Cat, Damon Kenner, Elaine the Mean Old Feminist, Füsun Aydın, Greg Owens, Janet Payton, Melissa Corrigan, she/her , Jeanne Elbe, John Pearce, John saxon, Karen Marie Shelton, PhemK, KG, Jo, Laura Long, Lena Szabó, The Momster, Lillie Wright, The One Minute Daily Boost, Los Gatos Sin Madrid, Mason/she/her/💛🤍💜🖤, Mary Hinson, Peter William Murphy, P. J. Schuster, Polly Walker Blakemore, Musings on Interesting Times, Noble Blend, Richard Fogle, Robin Wilding, Nick Paro, Gordon Soukoreff, Steffany Ritchie, The Bathrobe Guy 👘, Wendy🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🌈, thepoetmiranda, Tom Young, Victor Cardenas, and William for joining us today.
Join us tomorrow, when Lawrence Winnerman and I will be chatting all-things music memoir.
We love you, we mean it!
PS — Have you checked out our genXy Summer Pledge Drive yet…?
(If not, you totally should!)
*All the credit to Robin Wilding for this delightful alliteration…
Lawrence Winnerman
The science fiction writer
Lawrence Winnerman is a science fiction writer in Fort Wayne, Indiana. After twenty-five years leading technology programs at Amazon and Microsoft, he was chief operating officer of Blue Amp Media. In his Substack publication, The Hinge & The Near Field, he writes about AI and democracy and is serializing his novel Light Shines Through. He co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. All stories by Lawrence
Dana DuBois
The memoirist
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy. All stories by Dana
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