Finnegan's Take
Cara FinneganWriter and book coach Cara Finnegan shares ideas about writing with folks who want to tackle fiction, memoir, and narrative non-fiction projects. Idle thoughts about photography, art crime, and other enthusiasms may appear from time to time.
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What we can learn from an 89-year-old book about writing
I’ve mentioned here before that I’m writing a book about my aunt, Katherine Finnegan, who died of rheumatic heart disease in 1936 at the age of nineteen. I’m currently revising the final chapter, which I’ve titled after a poem that Katherin...
50 (+1) hikes in 2025
A year ago, I set a goal to complete fifty hikes in 2025. I wrote about my reasons for taking on this challenge last July, so I won’t rehash all of them here. The TLDR version is this:
- I wanted to spend more time in nature. It’s good...
Calendar your goals for 2026
My dad spent close to fifty years as a working journalist, much of that time as a big city newspaper editor. After he retired, he joined a group of retired journalists who called themselves the Wordos. They gathered on a regular basis to ha...
Writerly gratitude
It’s gratitude season, and I’m here for it. Especially the writerly kind. Here’s a list of people I’m especially grateful for this season…
My students! I’m working with great graduate and undergraduate students this semester. They are smar...
Author Interview: Kendall Phillips
I’m excited to bring you my second-ever author interview. (I interviewed Loralee Clark last summer about her debut poetry collection, Solemnity Rites; you can find that conversation here.)
Kendall and I have known one another for many yea...
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