Heather O'Neill Archives

Nov17
"Stand on a milkcrate in your backyard": How Spoken Word Can Change Your Writing
If you tell most "serious" writers that you read at spoken word events, they'll probably think you're crazy or a failure. This week, I found a writer who used storytelling performance as a springboard for her career--a model for us...
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Nov16
"Long Conversations with Toy Frogs": How Poetry and a Good Community Can Help You Write Your Book
"Kent had gone to Oshawa to work in a ski pole factory for the winter season and had left his two electric guitars, an amp, and a bag of clothes at our apartment in exchange for two cartons of cigarettes... Continue Reading
Nov15
"You have to pray that the right person opens your book": How To Find the Right Readers for Your Book
I'd like to introduce you to Heather O'Neill, this week's featured writer. In this decidedly lo-fi video clip from KGB Bar in New York, O'Neill is reading about a young delinquent as he makes a silly (yet ominous) attempt to... Continue Reading
Nov14
"I would write every minute that the baby was sleeping": How To Balance Family Life and Writing Life
"People gave you a hard time about being a kid at twelve. They didn't want to give you Halloween candy anymore. They said things like, 'If this were the Middle Ages, you'd be married and you'd own a farm with... Continue Reading
Nov13
"Listening to a radio with my friends seemed oddly holy": How To Write About Your Childhood
"I had a ludicrous childhood, but I feel that I was able to profit from a lot of the idiotic and unfortunate things that happened to me by turning them into fiction. I feel in that way that I cheated... Continue Reading
A Decidedly Lo-Fi Introduction To Heather O'Neill
This week, I'm featuring an exclusive Five Easy Questions interview with Heather O'Neill, the author of Lullabies for Little Criminals. Here's the short and sweet biography from her publisher: "Heather O'Neill is a contributor to This American Life, and her... Continue Reading
 


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