This week our guest is Melissa Faliveno, editor, teacher, and author of Tomboyland. In this episode, we discuss her writing process, and:

• Carving out just five minutes a day
• Reading and editing other people’s work to improve your own writing
• And more

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This Week’s Writing Prompt

Each week the featured author offers a writing prompt for you to use at home. I suggest setting a timer for 6 or 8 minutes, putting the writing prompt at the top of your page, and free writing whatever comes to mind. Remember, the important part is keeping your pen moving. You can always edit later. Right now we just want to write something new and see what happens.

This week’s writing prompt is: Find the tree nearest you. If you can, stand or sit down next to the tree. Describe the tree. First using only sensory descriptions. Then, add a little speculation about the tree. Then write yourself into a scene with a tree and see where it takes you.

Explore Womxn Authors

In this episode, the author recommended these womxn writers:

• Melissa Febos, author of Girlhood
• Alison Stine, author of Road Out of Winter
• Samantha Irby, author of wow, no thank you
• Angela Pelster, author of Limber

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Check Out More Womxn Authors

• Episode 35: Chet’la Sebree - Author of Mistress
• Episode 34: Lacy Crawford - Author of Notes on a Silencing
• Episode 33: Melissa Valentine - Author of The Names of All the Flowers
• Episode 32: Juli Delgado Lopera - Author of Fiebre Tropical