Persistence for Writers
Amy FishIt's not easy to be persistent as a writer. We understand that. Join us every Monday when we talk about how to keep going when we'd rather do anything but.
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Let me tell you what we’re going to be doing at the writing retreat, and then you tell me if you want to come.
Thursday night, July 30th, we’re going to meet at around 5:30pm and do a creative activity that Lara planned, and that is basica...
Sneak Peek
I bet you’re surprised to hear from me. I’m a bit surprised to hear from me too.
Here’s the thing. Lara Lillibridge and I will be teaching a spectacular writing workshop in Montreal this summer and I wanted to make sure I told you all abou...
If you think you can or..
A little while ago I decided I was going to discontinue Persistence for Writers.
I started it because
I wanted to support writers who could use an energy boost. Writers who were working on a project for so long, it looked like the end...
Apple Scrap Jelly
I made a raisin challah last week, actually I made three for two different Happy New Year meals, it’s the Jewish holiday season.
All (or most) of the celebratory food
is sweet, for a sweet new year. Mainly we dip apples in honey, but...
How to Cope with Feedback
If you’ve been around here for a while, you know that I’m a writer who likes to do events, online and in person.
A couple of weeks ago,
I was on an online panel for Hippocampus Magazine for Creative Non-Fiction and we each had ten minu...
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Amy Fish is the author of “One in Six Million: The Baby by the Roadside and the Man Who Retraced a Holocaust Survivor’s Lost Identity” (Goose Lane 2025). Her Substack Persistence for Writers comes out every Monday.
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